Appliances get their own Recycled Clunkers Program
By Kathleen Gray, USA TODAY
Cash for clunkers ended this week — for cars.
But old energy-hogging refrigerators and freezers qualify for
recycling and cash from more than 60 utilities across the nation. And
the federal government is making money available to states so
consumers could get rebates of $50 to $200 for new, more
energy-efficient appliances later this year in a so-called “cash for
appliances” program.
Combined, the appliance initiatives have a goal similar to the
cash-for-clunker program for autos: They get less-efficient appliances
off the nation’s energy grid in favor of newer efficient ones.
FINAL CLUNKER TALLY: More than 690,000 new cars sold
The government’s rebate program, in which the Department of Energy is
providing states with $300 million approved earlier this year as part
of President Obama’s $787 billion stimulus plan, serves another goal
similar to the cash-for-clunker program: It’s designed to boost the
economy.
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