Earth Day 2011 – Say Goodbye to the Beer Frig

Earth Day 2011 – Say Goodbye to the Beer Frig

by Bonnie and Terry Westbrook

Do you have that old refrigerator in the garage just in case

you might need it for a party or extra beverages?  Did you know

that old refrigerator or freezer can use more than twice the amount

of electricity as a new one?

 

Savings of up to $150 per year if you replace your old refrigerator

or freezer with a high efficiency one.  Plus it will keep harmful

materials out of landfills.  Green Hint: Usually your refrigerator is the

highest energy guzzling appliance you own.

 

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DTE Energy is offering rebates for turning in old

refrigerators, humidifiers, and room AC’s.

 

Did you know?

Recycling 30,500 refrigerators…

  • will reclaim more than 90,000 lbs. of aluminum
  • is equal to removing the emissions from 61,000 cars for a year
  • keeps 300,500 lbs. of foam insulation from landfills

DTE says about 95 percent of the materials used in each refrigerator

or freezer will be recycled and the toxins and ozone-depleting chloro-

fluorocarbon gases from foam insulation will be safely disposed.

 

DTE Program Requirements

DTE Program Details

 

photo courtesy of ThreelfByBike on Flickr

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