The story says that the HFC (greenhouse gases) leak out when the appliances are disposed of.  No. The HFC's leak out well before that.  The air conditioners in motor vehicles most often leak and have to be "recharged".   The junkie window air conditoners that are made in China leak after a few years.  (The old made-in-Canada window air conditoners would last for 30 years).  It's the "junk" economy that creates environmental problems - all those trips to the landfill sites to dispose of  broken products and all those trips to the stores to buy replacements.