The BGE Smart Energy Savers Program is a suite of programs that enable customers to control energy use, leading to more efficient use of electricity and lowering energy bills from where they otherwise would be. Offering appliance recycling rewards and rebates for energy efficient appliances are some of the many ways that BGE is moving smart energy forward. Up to $150 on the purchase of ENERGY STAR® certified refrigerators. The BGE Smart Energy Savers Program also offers rebates Appointments are required and can be scheduled at Room air conditioning units and dehumidifiers may also be recycled through this program, only if picked up at the same time as an eligible refrigerator or freezer. Appliances must be in working (cooling) condition and measure 10 to 30 cubic feet, which is the standard size for most refrigerators and freezers. Customers receive a $50 reward when they recycle a refrigerator or freezer and get an additional $25 reward if they recycle a room air conditioning unit or dehumidifier at the same time.Įach household can recycle two refrigerators or freezers through this program. Customers simply contact BGE to schedule a pickup, and the old appliances will be hauled away at no additional cost. Recycling and proper disposal of appliances also leads to an enormous reduction in emissions of ozone-depleting substances and greenhouse gases.īGE’s Appliance Recycling Program makes it easy for customers to recycle their old appliances. This prevents usable materials from entering a landfill and decreases the demand for raw materials, such as steel, aluminum, copper, glass and plastic.
Through BGE’s Appliance Recycling Program, 95 percent of each refrigerator can be recycled. Not only will customers get a $50 reward per appliance recycled, but they will save energy, reduce waste and help make a difference for the environment.Ī spare refrigerator in a basement or garage wastes up to 1,200 kWh of energy and costs as much as $100 to run every year. Environmental Protection Agency for the “Flip Your Fridge” campaign to encourage residential electric customers to recycle their old, working refrigerators and freezers. Distributed by Tribune Content Agency, LLC.BGE residential customers can get $50 from the BGE Smart Energy Savers Program® for recycling their old working refrigerator or freezerīALTIMORE (April 20, 2016) - BGE is partnering with the U.S. ©2019 the San Jose Mercury News (San Jose, Calif.). Nordsense’s system is also being used in Copenhagen and tested at more than 20 other cities around the world. Blot said it’s tough to estimate the cost savings yet. The annual cost of maintaining and monitoring the receptacles, which is included in that total, is about $50,000. Nearly half of that is for one-time installation and parts. San Francisco’s contract with Nordsense, which covers three years, cost $294,000. The city will be able to make adjustments based on the information the sensors will gather from the 1,000 bins, which Blot said amounts to about a third of the city’s total trash bins.
BALTIMORE GETS SMART TRASH CANS FULL
In Chinatown, the cans tend to get full “many times a day, while some cans get full on the fifth or sixth day,” said Nordsense founder and Chief Technology Officer Manuel Maestrini. The sensors soon will be placed in bins in many major San Francisco corridors, such as downtown, Chinatown and North Beach. Nordsense, whose product development is in Denmark but has an office in Sunnyvale, also touted a drop in illegal dumping and street cleaning during the pilot. During that period, the city said that of 4,300 calls to 311 - which are routed to trash collector Recology - 4,161 were notifications from the automated system, while only 139 of the calls were from the public. Last year, a three-month test of the sensor system in 48 trash bins in San Francisco reduced the number of overflowing bins by 80 percent, said Nordsense, the maker of the technology. Other initiatives include a public toilet program at 25 locations in 12 neighborhoods in the city, and steam cleaning streets and alleys each night. Last year, San Francisco launched a poop patrol to clean up human and animal waste on sidewalks. Mayor London Breed responded to the president on Twitter, saying that the city is cleaning up its streets. In a tweet last month disparaging Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi during the partial government shutdown, he said, “And by the way, clean up the streets in San Francisco, they are disgusting!” But the cleanliness of San Francisco - which has a population of nearly 900,000 and sees more than 160,000 commuters each weekday, according to Census Bureau numbers - has attracted national attention, including from President Donald Trump. Many big cities face challenges in keeping their streets clean, and New York, Boston, Baltimore and others use smart trash systems.
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