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Cool-Safe - our mission

2022-12-14

Watch the Chair of the Trust for Destruction of Synthetic Refrigerants, Richard Lauder, share the Cool-Safe mission to guests at our November 2022 Christchurch roadshow - get on board!

The trust has a mission, and that mission is to eliminate the global warming impact from synthetic refrigerants in New Zealand. We've also set an ambitious target to reduce the global warming impact of F-gases in New Zealand by 90% by 2035.

Richard Lauder, Chair of the Trust for the Destruction of Synthetic Refrigerants.

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2026-06-17

New Regulated Product Stewardship Scheme targets some of NZ’s most harmful Greenhouse Gases

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2026-03-20

World-leading plasma torch takes aim at NZ's most potent greenhouse gases

Kawerau, 20 March 2026 – A high-tech plasma torch was lit up today as Minister of Conservation, Hon Tama Potaka, officially opened the $10 million National Refrigerant Destruction Facility.