Abstract: A portable refrigerant recovery and recycling system for removing and recycling chloroflourocarbon (CFC), hydroflourocarbon (HFC) and hydrochloroflourocarbon (HCFC) refrigerants from refrigeration systems. Closed loop interconnection prevents release of refrigerant to the atmosphere. Liquid refrigerant is drawn by suction through a filter and transferred to a storage tank. When all liquid refrigerant has been transferred, a refrigerant vapor recovery process automatically engages, retrieves and condenses the remaining refrigerant vapors, thus evacuating the refrigeration system to a pressure of approximately 29 inches Hg absolute for low pressure refrigeration systems and 15 inches Hg absolute for high pressure refrigeration systems. After evacuation of the refrigeration system, the present invention automatically shuts off.