A process for recovering a fluorinated carboxylic acid or salts thereof from exhaust gas streams. The process includes contacting the exhaust gas stream with a composition capable of at least partially removing the fluorinated carboxylic acid or salt thereof from the exhaust gas stream. The fluorinated carboxylic acid or salt thereof is selected from the group consisting of fluorinated carboxylic acids or salts thereof that correspond to the general formula: [R.sub.f--O-L-COO.sup.-].sub.iX.sup.i+ (I)wherein L represents a linear partially or fully fluorinated alkylene group or an aliphatic hydrocarbon group, R.sub.f represents a linear partially or fully fluorinated aliphatic group or a linear partially or fully fluorinated aliphatic group interrupted with one or more oxygen atoms, X.sup.i+ represents a cation having the valence i and i is 1, 2 or 3.