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Manufacturers
- GE Expands Appliance Recycling for Consumers and Retailers - How RAD
Shawn Garvin, U.S. EPA Region 3 Administrator recognizes GE, ARCA and Home Depot for their roles in advancing appliance recycling.
EPA tours the fully automated advanced recycling facility in Philadelphia, PA. Pictured here (from left to right): Emily Linn, U.S. EPA Region 3; Melissa Fiffer, U.S. EPA; Drusilla Hufford, Director, U.S. EPA Stratospheric Protection Division; Beth Craig, Director, U.S. EPA Climate Protection Partnerships Division; Evelyn Swain, U.S. EPA; Rose Stephens-Booker, U.S. EPA ENERGY STAR Program; and Keilly Witman, U.S. EPA.
Mark Shirkness, General Manager of Distribution Services, GE Appliances speaks at the September event.
Retailers
- Best Buy Joins EPA's Responsible Appliance Disposal (RAD) Program (PDF) (2 pp, 41K, About PDF)
- Sears Becomes the First Retailer to Join EPA’s Responsible Appliance Disposal (RAD) Program
Sears takes the lead among retailers to join the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's voluntary Responsible Appliance Disposal (RAD) Program. Pictured here (from left to right) Mark Good, Executive Vice President Sears Home Services and Walter Kovalick, U.S. EPA Region 5 Assistant Regional Administrator.
Walter Kovalick, U.S. EPA Region 5 Assistant Administrator recognizes Sears for joining the RAD Program.
Mark Good, Sears, and Walter Kovalick, U.S. EPA, sign the RAD Program Partnership Agreement.
Utilities
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SDG&E Achieves Major Environmental Milestone With Appliance Recycling Program
RAD partner San Diego Gas and Electric (SDG&E) collects and recycles its 150,000th appliance.
SDG&E celebrates its recycling program success. Pictured here (from left to right): Bruce Wall, Appliance Recycling Centers of America (ARCA); Caroline Winn, SDG&E Vice President of Customer Services and Chief Customer Privacy Officer; Michael Thomas, Customer; and Jeff Woloz, ARCA California.
- National Grid and City of Providence Unveil Unique Outdoor Art Exhibit
RAD partner National Grid launches its Fine Art of Recycling campaign. Pictured here (from left to right): Laurie Acone, National Grid; Lynne McCormick, Department of Art, Culture and Tourism for the City of Providence; Kate-Ringe Welch, National Grid; Audrea Deyesso, The Cadmus Group.
Providence Mayor, Angel Taveras, looks on in support as Mike Ryan, National Grid's Vice President of Government Relations gives remarks at the launch event.
EPA honored firms that help collect and recycle appliances as
part of the agency's Responsible Appliance Disposal program
launch in Long Beach, CA on October 27, 2006. Pictured here
(from left to right) are Wayne Nastri, U.S. EPA Region 9
Administrator; Garth Williams, Snohomish Public Utility
District; Gene Rodrigues, Southern California Edison; Mark
Gaines, San Diego Gas and Electric; Jim Parks, Sacramento
Municipal Utility District.
State Affiliates
- New York Joins EPA Program to Promote Proper Disposal of Appliances (PDF) (2 pp, 100K, About PDF)
- West Virginia Joins EPA Program to Help Consumers Safely Dispose of Old Appliances
Governor Joe Manchin of West Virginia announces that West Virginia will be the first RAD State Affiliate.
West Virginia takes the lead among states to join the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Responsible Appliance Disposal (RAD) Program. Pictured here (from left to right) Governor Joe Manchin of West Virginia and Randy Huffman, Cabinet Secretary, West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection.
EPA and West Virginia announce their partnership. Pictured here (from left to right) Evelyn Swain, U.S. EPA, Governor Joe Manchin of West Virginia, and Jessica Greathouse, U.S. EPA Region 3.
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