Appliance Recycling Centers of America Inc., headquartered in Minneapolis, has announced that it has signed a service agreement with Austin Energy to manage appliance recycling operations in the Texas utility's service territory.
Austin Energy is the nation's 10th largest community-owned electric utility, serving 360,000 customers within the city of Austin, Travis County and a small portion of Williamson County.
Preparations are underway to open ARCA's processing and recycling facility
in north Austin and begin program operations in January 2005. The term of the
initial service agreement is 12 months, with options for Austin Energy to
extend the program annually through 2008.
Jack Cameron, president and chief executive officer, says, "Austin
Energy is at the forefront of innovative measures to promote energy efficiency
in Texas and clearly recognizes the positive impact of removing working but
inefficient household appliances from service. ARCA is proud to be associated
with Austin Energy's program."
ARCA is the nation's largest recycler of major household appliances for
the energy conservation programs of electric utilities. Through its
ApplianceSmart (www.ApplianceSmart.com ) operation, ARCA is also one
of the nation's leading retailers of special-buy household appliances,
primarily those manufactured by Maytag, GE, Frigidaire and Whirlpool.
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