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Appliance Recycling
Replacing and recycling outdated appliances with energy-efficient models reduces energy consumption, decreases the volume of landfill waste and keeps harmful materials from entering the ecosystem.
When CSG replaces an appliance, such as a refrigerator, freezer, or air conditioner, the old unit is recycled in accordance with the highest environmental standards. CSG’s services include:
- Design and implementation of both small and large scale appliance recycling programs
- Sales and delivery of energy-efficient appliances
- Environmentally responsible recycling services, including demanufacture of appliances
- Outstanding customer service through field offices and customer contact centers with multi-lingual capabilities
CSG has a long history of recycling appliances from single-family and multifamily residences, a process that requires careful handling, removal and disposal of toxins while breaking down appliances into recyclable components. CSG uses equipment that exceeds EPA requirements and has the capacity to handle small to large-scale programs.
Why Is Appliance Recycling Important?
The primary purpose in replacing outdated appliances is improved energy efficiency. But it’s also important to make sure the old appliance is properly handled rather than dumped in a landfill. Mercury switches, PCBs, and other elements must be meticulously removed and disposed of to prevent contamination and comply with EPA regulations.
Obsolete household appliances can take on a second life as a useful raw material. For example, scrap steel can be reused repeatedly to make high-quality manufactured products. Only the auto industry provides more scrap steel than recycled appliances, according to the Association of Home Appliance Manufacturers. “Using recycled steel has a positive impact on the environment,” the trade association says. “It takes four times as much energy to manufacture steel from virgin ore as it does to make the same steel from recycled scrap.”
In addition to steel, appliances may contain recyclable copper, aluminum, plastics, and CFC refrigerants.
Facts & Statistics
In addition to energy savings, the EPA maintains that using scrap metal versus virgin ore reduces:
- Air pollution by 86 percent
- Water pollution by 76 percent
- Water use by 40 percent
CSG has recycled more than 2 million inefficient appliances and installed more than 185,000 new ones. Over 11 years, CSG’s Syracuse, New York facility recycled more than 35 million pounds of steel, 91,000 pounds of copper and 391,000 pounds of aluminum as well as 48,000 pounds of CFC-12 and 75,000 pounds of HCFC-22. Our Cedar Rapids, Iowa facility has recycled more than 41,000 appliances recycled in 2008 alone.
Here are some more examples of CSG's measurable success:
- Case study: CSG picked up more than 2,000 appliances in a single week in Cedar Rapids following the 2008 catastrophic flood
- Fact: With the Niagara Refrigerator Roundup Program, CSG picked up more than 36,000 secondary refrigerators from homes throughout upstate New York
- Fact: CSG delivered over 2,800 ultra-high efficiency refrigerators to low income families throughout upstate New York and recycled the old units.
- Fact: Through the New York Power Authority and New York Housing Authority, CSG installed 20,000 to 27,000 refrigerators each year for six years in New York City Housing Authority apartments.
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