Recently Efficiency Maine launched a simple and rewarding rebate program offering a fresh opportunity for Maine residents to save energy, save money and receive a $50 rebate for having old, outdated refrigerators and freezers picked up for recycling.
The new program encourages Mainers with older, extra refrigerators or freezers to consider the many benefits of recycling them. The program offers to pick up the old units at homes, at no cost, in addition to paying the $50 incentive.
The offer also comes with another benefit — ensuring proper disposal of old refrigerators and freezers, which leak mercury and other toxins into the environment when discarded improperly. Instead, the old appliances are hauled to a disassembly plant operated by JACO Environmental and undergo a process that returns up to 95 percent of the appliances’ components back into the manufacturing stream to become any number of new products, from mobile phones to construction rebar.
It’s the Refrigerator Recycling Program and it’s simple, Efficiency Maine will:
– Recycle your old, working, full-sized refrigerator or freezer.
– Pick it up for free.
– Send you a $50 rebate.
– You’ll save up to $250/yr in electricity.
You can schedule a free pickup on Efficiency Maine’s website!
