Garbage Is Good: Recycling in America

Refrigerators
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Refrigerators
As part of the new Cash-For-Clunkers Appliance Program, DTE Energy of Livonia, Michigan, collected more than 1,000 refrigerators from its Detroit Edison customers by offering them $50 to turn in their older model energy-inefficient refrigerators and freezers.

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