Everyday hundreds of people are giving away refrigerators- Why- nobody wants to haul it away- Refrigerator Roundup will pick it up for Free- Heres a great article from earth911.com on the Great Texas Refrigerator Roundup Underway by Lori Brown
Have an old refrigerator or freezer lying around the house? Live in Texas? If you answered “yes” to both questions, you could have $50 headed your way. Oncor, in partnership with Appliance Recycling Centers of America (ARCA), has begun the second annual “Great Texas Refrigerator Roundup,” encouraging customers to get rid of out-of-date and inefficient refrigerators and freezers.
The Great Texas Refrigerator Roundup is part of Oncor’s “Take A Load Off, Texas” tour, an educational campaign designed to speak to consumers about the importance of energy efficiency. The program has reached more than 2.8 million consumers throughout the state.
According to the U.S. EPA, older refrigerators and freezers can put a great strain on local power grids, often using more than twice the energy of a new ENERGY STAR qualified model. By upgrading to an energy efficient model, consumers can save between $50-100 in energy costs annually.
ENERGY STAR estimates there are over 47 million refrigerators over ten years old in the U.S. If every American home replaced its pre-1993 refrigerator with an ENERGY STAR model, enough energy would be saved to light more than 8.1 million homes for an entire year.
If you’re looking to recycle a refrigerator or freezer outside of Texas, check out the Recycle My Old Fridge Campaign.
Rosa says
I have several 16 cubic foot refrigerators with top mount freezers. I would like to recycle them.
sharon says
I have a fridge in Cypress, Texas that needs to be recycled–how do I get it picked up?
Cathy says
Call your local waste management company and ask them
valencia darensbourg says
i logged onto this website to get assitance from the program to recieve the $50 for a recyclable refrigerator i need it picked up and i do not need a trade in i have 2 refrigerators please e-mail me with information as to how i can accomplish this thank you