PECO Customers Kick 50,000 Appliances to the Curb With PECO Smart Appliance Recycling
July 17 2015 - 1:23PM
Business Wire
Customers have received $1.8 million in rebates
for recycling old working refrigerators and freezers
PECO customers recycle the 50,000th refrigerator/freezer with
PECO Smart Appliance Recycling, and get paid in the process. Part
of PECO Smart Ideas, the company’s suite of energy efficiency
programs, customers receive a $50 rebate for recycling an old
working refrigerator or freezer. PECO also picks up the appliance
and recycles it for free. To date, PECO customers have received
more than $1.87 million in rebates for recycling their old working
refrigerators and freezers.
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PECO celebrated this milestone by
presenting Havertown, PA’s Marcus and Amy Besser with an energy
efficiency prize package. (Photo: Business Wire)
“We are thrilled to have reached this major milestone and
encourage customers who still have old working fridges and freezers
to take advantage of this easy, convenient program as well,” said
Kathy Lentini, PECO director of Energy and Marketing Services.
“PECO Smart Ideas has programs to help every customer save energy
and money.”
In addition to the $50 rebate, customers can save up to $150 a
year on their energy bill by getting rid of an older, working
refrigerator or freezer. The refrigerators and freezers recycled
through PECO Smart Appliance Recycling has the same environmental
impact as removing more than 5,700 cars from the road or planting
nearly 66,000 trees.
PECO celebrated this milestone by presenting Havertown, PA’s
Marcus and Amy Besser with an energy efficiency prize package,
which included a $500 gift card toward the purchase of an
energy-efficient appliance, a certificate for a free PECO Smart
House Call energy assessment, LED lightbulbs, smart power strips,
and other energy-saving devices and information.
Scheduling a refrigerator or freezer pickup is easy. PECO
customers can call 1-888-5-PECO-SAVE or visit peco.com/smartideas.
Appliances must be in working order when the crew arrives to pick
them up for recycling.
Units picked up through the program are transported to an
appliance recycling facility operated by JACO Environmental. JACO
safely removes hazardous materials from the old refrigerators and
freezers, reclaiming 95 percent of the materials in the appliances
for reuse in manufacturing new products. Even the foam insulation
is safely incinerated to generate electricity.
PECO Smart Ideas is part of the company’s support of
Pennsylvania’s energy efficiency and demand response targets – Act
129. Act 129 required all Pennsylvania electric utilities to
develop programs to help customers reduce energy use by 1 percent
by May 31, 2011 and 3 percent by May 31, 2013. Act 129 also
requires utilities to help customers reduce their energy usage by
an additional 2.9 percent by May 31, 2016.
Based in Philadelphia, PECO is an electric and natural gas
utility subsidiary of Exelon Corporation (NYSE: EXC). PECO serves
1.6 million electric and more than 506,000 natural gas customers in
southeastern Pennsylvania and employs about 2,400 people in the
region. PECO delivered 89.9 billion cubic feet of natural gas and
37.5 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity in 2014. Founded in
1881, PECO is one of the Greater Philadelphia Region's most active
corporate citizens, providing leadership, volunteer and financial
support to numerous arts and culture, education, environmental,
economic development and community programs and organizations. For
more information visit PECO.com, and connect with the company on
Facebook and Twitter.
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