ARCA Enters JV with Mexican Firm

Appliance Recycling Centers of America announced that through a joint venture with a Mexican corporation, Diagnostico y Administracion de Logistica Inversa SA de CV, the company will provide refrigerator recycling services for more than 160 appliance retailers and manufacturers participating in a refrigerator replacement program sponsored by the Mexican government.

DALI operates more than 35 facilities throughout Mexico to process the old refrigerators to remove and properly manage all environmentally harmful substances, including CFC refrigerants and oil, and recycle metals, plastics and glass. The company expects to open additional recycling centers to meet the demands of the program, which has been funded to permanently remove approximately 400,000 working refrigerators from service.

Edward Cameron, president and CEO, said: "We are extremely pleased to have entered into this joint venture with DALI to provide appliance recycling services for one of Mexico's largest energy efficiency programs. The expansion of our recycling operations into Mexico provides us with the opportunity to permanently remove these appliances from the power grid and lessen the negative impact of appliance disposal on the environment. We are proud to work with DALI to prevent the release of ozone-depleting and high global-warming-potential refrigerants while properly handling the other environmentally damaging materials found in old refrigerators."