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Don't lose your cool...
We recently replaced two of our old, crappy window unit air-conditioners with newer models. The new units were from Home Depot and the installation was do-it-yourself, and when I was done I realized that I had two undisposable hunks of junk to deal with. You can’t just throw away a system loaded with refrigerant, so I figured all I had to do was figure out how everybody else did it, then do that.
My first strategy was to ask at the local recycling center here in Brenham. They said I could probably take them to the collection station (dump), so the next time I went to the dump I asked at the office if they would take window unit air-conditioners. They said they would, as long as all the coolant had been recovered by an