DANGER:
RISK OF CHILD ENTRAPMENT
BEFORE YOU THROW AWAY
YOUR OLD REFRIGERATOR
OR FREEZER
Take off the doors.
Leave the shelves in place so that
children may not easily climb inside.
CFC & HCFC DISPOSAL
Child entrapment and suffocation are not problems of
the past. Junked or abandoned refrigerators are still
dangerous... even if they will sit for “just a few days”. If
you are getting rid of your old refrigerator, please follow
the instructions at right to help prevent accidents.
IF YOU WANT TO THROW AWAY YOUR LG REFRIGERATOR
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IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS
Ensure that none of the pipes on the back of the appliances
are damaged prior to disposal.
Your old refrigerator may have a cooling system that used
CFCs (chlorofluorocarbons). CFCs are believed to harm
stratospheric ozone.
If you are throwing away your old refrigerator, make sure
the CFC refrigerant is removed for proper disposal by a
qualified servicer. If you intentionally release this CFC
refrigerant, you can be subject to fines and imprisonment
under provisions of enviromental legislation.
Ensure that none of the pipes on the back of the appliances
are damaged prior to disposal.
Refrigeration from late nineties have a cooling system that
used HCFC's (Hydrochloroflurocarbons). (134a) These
gases must be reclaimed.
If you are throwing away your old refrigerator, make sure
the HCFC's refrigerant is removed for proper disposal by a
qualified servicer. If you intentionally release this HCFC's
refrigerant, you can be subject to fines and imprisonment
under provisions of enviromental legislation.
Ensure that none of the pipes on the back of the appliances
are damaged prior to disposal.
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