BGE to Host Air Conditioner Recycling

BGE residential customers will be able to get a $25 reward for dropping off room air-conditioning units this weekend for recycling.

The utility is hosting the recycling events at Sears stores at Eastpoint Mall in Dundalk and Hunt Valley Towne Centre in Cockeysville. Working units will be accepted from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Sunday from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., according to a news release, which adds that BGE employees will be available to unload the units.

Customers will receive the $25 per each unit recycled (up to two) in a check about four weeks later as part of the utility's Smart Energy Savers program.

Ruth C. Kiselewich, director of demand management programs for BGE, said in the release that a newer, Energy Star-certified appliance "can save approximately $50 in energy costs over the lifetime of the unit. Not only will customers save money on their energy costs, they’ll also help to prevent old appliances from entering landfills, where they can release harmful toxins and greenhouse gases into the environment.”