DTE Energy is committed to helping customers maximize their home energy savings by sharing the benefits of increasing energy efficiency and simple, no-cost changes to lower their energy bills. DTE’s Appliance Recycling program continued its partnership with Second Ebenezer Church to host its annual drop-off event in Detroit last month.
The in-person event is an extension of the in-home pick-up program, where customers can recycle additional appliances and receive a higher rebate. Customers with an active DTE residential electric account are eligible to participate and will receive a $100 gift card for each large appliance and a $30 gift card for each small appliance recycled at the event.
Recycling old appliances such as a refrigerator, freezers, dehumidifiers, or air conditioners could save customers $80 or more each year in energy costs. And, to take it a step further, by replacing the appliance with one that is ENERGY STAR-certified could save customers nearly $260 over the lifetime of the appliance while helping them reduce climate change. Recycling appliances keep them out of landfills and reduce our carbon footprint.
Once the appliances are collected, they are dismantled and recycled responsibly by our partner, Goodwill’s Greenworks. The facility is in Detroit and is Michigan’s largest industrial recycling facility, breaking down nearly 70,000 appliances each year, including household appliances, cable wiring, oil filters and more. Greenworks uses ‘clean room’ processing, a controlled parameter for the use of approved materials and specifically designed equipment to help break down and process these environmentally sensitive materials.
More than 1,300 appliances were recycled at the drop-off event, saving enough energy to power roughly 100 homes’ electricity for one year! To learn more about the DTE Appliance Recycling program and schedule your free appliance pick-up, please visit dteenergy.com/recycle.
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