After recovery, refrigerant may be returned to the appliance from which it was removed or to another appliance owned by the same person without being which two processes?

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Returning recovered refrigerant directly to the same appliance or to another appliance owned by the same person is allowed without sending it through recycling or reclamation. Recycling is the process of cleaning used refrigerant so it can be reused, and reclamation is restoring it to ARI 700 purity so it can be sold or used in other owners’ equipment. If the refrigerant stays within the original owner’s systems, you don’t need to go through those processing steps before putting it back. Only if the refrigerant is to be used in someone else’s equipment or sold would recycling or reclamation be required.