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Xcel Energy Extends Refrigerator Recycling Into 2010

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Xcel Energy Extends Refrigerator Recycling Into 2010

CARLSBAD, N.M., Feb. 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Xcel Energy today announced that it has extended its already successful Refrigerator Recycling Program into 2010. Residents now have until the end of the year to recycle old appliances and get a cash incentive.

The Refrigerator Recycling Program offers residential electric customers a $35 rebate and a free pick up of their old, working refrigerators. Over 95% of the appliance is properly destroyed and recycled which prevents it from going into a landfill. The program started in May 2009 and is administered by Appliance Recycling Centers of America, Inc. It will now run until December 31, 2010.

“Our goal is to improve energy efficiency in our service territory and make it really easy for customers to get rid of their old appliances,” says Kelsey Burich, Program Manager, Xcel Energy. “The cheapest energy out there is the energy we don’t have to produce. Using less helps all of us lower our bills and put money back in our pockets.”

The $35 recycling incentive is automatically mailed to the customer within three to four weeks after pick up.

For more information on Xcel Energy’s Refrigerator Recycling Program, please visit ResponsibleByNature.com/fridge or call 866.552.8755.

About Xcel Energy

Xcel Energy (NYSE: XEL) is a major U.S. electricity and natural gas company that provides a comprehensive portfolio of energy-related products and services to 3.4 million electricity customers and 1.9 million natural gas customers through its regulated operating companies in eight Western and Midwestern states. Company headquarters are located in Minneapolis. More information is available at xcelenergy.com.

About ARCA

ARCA (www.ARCAInc.com), one of the nation’s largest recyclers of major household appliances for the energy conservation programs of electric utilities, currently provides services for 150 utility programs in the U.S. and Canada. Toxic chemicals and environmentally harmful materials such as ozone-depleting refrigerants, PCBs, mercury and oil are carefully recovered in the appliance decommissioning process for destruction or disposal, preventing them from contaminating soil, air and water resources.

SOURCE Appliance Recycling Centers of America, Inc.

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Certified Green Restaurants- New Mexico

For Information on Certified Green Caterers, Schools, Resorts, Retreats and Conventions Centers-  please go to Green Restaurant Association

• Bandelier Trading Com - Los Alamos

Native Plant Nurseries in New Mexico

For More Information: Native Plant Society of New Mexico http://npsnm.unm.edu/

• Santa Ana Native Plants  www.santaana.org- 157 Jemez Dam Rd, Bernalillo - (505) 867-1322 
• Bernardo Beach Native Plant Farm www.bernardobeachnatives.com=3729 Arno St NE, Albuquerque - (505) 345-6248
• Santa Ana Native Plants  www.santaana.org 233 Ranchitos Rd, Bernalillo - (505) 867-1323-Agua Fria Nursery 1409 Agua Fria Street Santa Fe, NM 87501 505 / 983-4831 

• Plants of the Southwest 3095 Agua Fria Rd Santa Fe NM 87507 505 / 438-8888 www.plantsofthesouthwest.com

 

Costa Rica Eco-Tourism

FSC Certified Green Printers- New Mexico

Green Printers- New Mexico

Albuquerque Printing Company Albuquerque NM (505) 872-2200 Commercial Print-General www.abqprint.com

Alpha Graphics 2002 C. Cerrillos Rd. Santa Fe NM 87505 (505) 473-1300 Commercial Print-General www.alphagraphics.com

Starline Printing Company 7111 Pan American HWY NE Albuquerque NM 87109 (505) 345-8900 Commercial Print-General www.starlineprinting.com

Eco Friendly Dry Cleaners- New Mexico

New Mexico:  

• EPA has a PDF list of drycleaners that use two alternative methods – wet cleaning and CO2 cleaning.
• FINDCO2.com
• Green Earth Cleaning
• Hangers Dry Cleaners 
• Earth 911
• No Dry Clean 

Valet Cleaners 13160 Central SE Albuquerque, NM 87123 Phone: 505-292-7676

Litter Resources- New Mexico

Toss No Mas

Call:1-800-Toss-No-Mas (1-800-867-7666), or email usat joe.Lobato@state.nm.us ormarilyn.tubbs@state.nm.us.

New Mexico State Litter Resources 

• New Mexico Recycling Coalition
• New Mexico Department of Transportation  
• Keep New Mexico Beautiful 
• Artesia Clean and Beautiful Artesia, NM 88211 Email: artesia_cab@hotmail.com Phone: 505.748.3192
• Bloomfield Pride Commission Phone: 505.632.8448
• Farmington Clean & Beautiful Farmington, NM 87401 Email: aduncan@fmtn.org Phone: 505.599.1426
• Hobbs Beautiful Hobbs, NM 88240 Email: janet@hobbsnm.org  Phone: 505.397.9292
• Keep Alamogordo Beautiful Alamogordo, NM 88310 Email: kab@ci.alamogordo.nm.usWeb Site: http://ci.alamogordo.nm.us Phone: 505.439.4250
• Keep Albuquerque Beautiful Albuquerque, NM 87107Email: algallegos@cabq.gov Web Site: http://www.cabq.gov/solidwaste.html Phone: 505.761.8138
• Keep Bosque Farms Beautiful Bosque Farms, NM 87068 Email: harrijt@msn.com Web Site: www.bosquefarms.us Phone: 505.450.8690
• Keep Carlsbad Beautiful Carlsbad, NM 88220 Email: jdbeasley@carlsbadnm.com Phone: 505.887.1191
• Keep Clovis Beautiful Clovis, NM 88101 Email: rcarter@cityofclovis.org Web Site: http://www.cityofclovis.org/departments/parksAndRecreation/index.htm Phone: 505.769.7870
• Keep Doña Ana County Beautiful Las Cruces, NM 88007 Email: chrisbi@donaanacounty.orgWeb Site: http://www.co.dona-ana.nm.us Phone: 505.525.8858
• Keep Hatch Beautiful, Inc. Hatch, NM 87937 Email: clerk@villageofhatch.org Phone: 505.267.5216
• Keep Las Cruces Beautiful Las Cruces, NM 88005 Email: cfenske@las-cruces.org Web Site: http://www.las-cruces.org/police/klcb/ Phone: 505.528.4723
• Keep Las Vegas Beautiful Las Vegas, NM 87701 Email: mcordova@ci.las-vegas.nm.us Phone: 505.454.0265
• Keep Lovington Beautiful Lovington, NM 88260 Email: lindap@leaco.net Web Site: http://lovington.leaco.net Phone: 505.396.3673
• Keep Luna County Beautiful Deming, NM 88030 Email: fannie_smyer@lunacountynm.us Phone: 505.543.6643
• Keep Rio Rancho Beautiful Rio Rancho, NM 87124 Email: jscacco@ci.rio-rancho.nm.us Phone: 505.896.8389
• Keep Roswell Beautiful Roswell, NM 88202-1838 Email: roswellpr@cableone.net Web Site: www.roswellmysteries.com Phone: 505.637.6293
• Keep Ruidoso Beautiful Ruidoso, NM 88345 Email: EllenBizzell@ruidoso-nm.gov Phone: 505.257.5030
• Keep Ruidoso Downs Beautiful Ruidoso Downs, NM 88346 Email: millerj@ruidoso.k12.nm.us Phone: 505.378.4422
• Keep Santa Fe Beautiful Santa Fe, NM 87502 Email: gjmontano@santafenm.gov Web Site: http://www.santafenm.gov/parks/santafebeautiful.asp Phone: 505.955.2215
• Keep Tucumcari Beautiful Tucumcari, NM 88401 Email: yfazekas@cityofTucumcari.com Phone: 505.461.2143
• Tierra Bonita Of Valencia County Los Lunas, NM 87031 Email: sluderfam@yahoo.com Phone: 505.304-3136

Green and Eco Resources in New Mexico

State Flower- Yucca Flower

The yucca was adopted as the State Flower on March 14, 1927. The yucca is a member of the lily family and a symbol of sturdiness as well as beauty. In the early summer, pale ivory flowers bloom at the tips of its long, fibrous stalks. At the base of the plant are broad, sharpedged leaves that look like stilettos. The yucca sometimes grows to the height of a small tree.

Green, Eco, Sustainable Resources, Blogs- New Mexico

• Dreaming New Mexico The Dreaming New Mexico project seeks to reconcile nature and cultures at the state level. Taking care of nature means taking care of people, and taking care of people means taking care of nature. We seek systemic, collaborative approaches toward a common vision of restoration. Our focus is on both practical and visionary solutions
• Eco New Mexico
• Eco Sensors: Eco Sensors Division of KWJ Engineering Inc. is the premier designer and supplier worldwide of low-cost ozone sensing instruments. These are used to monitor safety in the workplace, control ozone generators, monitor and control processes such as food production and storage, deodorization, sterilization, and measuring ozone dissolved in water. Our instruments are simple, user-friendly and inexpensive. We have also always designed and manufactured VOC (volatile organic compounds) instruments which continue to enjoy market acceptance. We have grown every year since our incorporation in 1991 and have been consistently profitable.
• Environmental New Mexico Mountains, grasslands and desert landscapes are a core part of New Mexico’s natural beauty. Unfortunately, mega-developers like Verde Group and SunCal are rushing to convert our lands into sprawling subdivisions — and they want us to pay for it. Because a tax giveaway rewards developers with billions of taxpayer dollars for more sprawl, there’s a new land rush in New Mexico.  To stop this land rush, we need to close down the tax sprawl subsidy before New Mexico’s open space and quality of life is damaged beyond repair.
• New Mexico- Clean and Beautiful As a statewide program and state affiliate with Keep America Beautiful, Inc., New Mexico Clean & Beautiful is the state’s leader in litter control and beautification.  The program’s maing objective is to invest in local governments by annually awarding grants to local programs that undertake litter control through elimination, education and eradication, beautification; recycling; graffiti and weed eradication.
• Our Greener Life New Mexico Our Greener Life is dedicated to spreading knowledge of living in a more sustainable and earth-friendly manner. It is written from the perspective of a married couple, who are on the path to a greener life. It is our hope that we can raise awareness of environmental issues, such as global warming, by exploring topics of sustainable living and our experience of integrating those ideas into our life.
• Sustainable New Mexico

Albuquerque

• Albuquerque Green Pages

Gila

• Gila Resources Information Project in response to a growing local interest in sustainable living, GRIP launched the ‘Living Green” series in 2007. The intention of this program is to bring to all the residents of southwestern New Mexico opportunities for learning about how to sustainably use the natural resources that we depend on. Great Links to Environmental Organization

Lincoln County

• Green Living in Lincoln County GreenLincoln.org is here. Don’t just watch us grow, help us grow. Invite your friends. Send us ideas and tips and news. Come back to find all the green news, recycling information, events, Reuse and Reduce tips, and any other green projects we can find in our beautiful section of New Mexico.

Santa Fe

• Green Design Santa Fe Green Design Santa Fe connects New Mexico design innovators and whole-systems thinkers, with each other, the public at large, and potential markets across the cou
• Santa Fe Green Real Estate
• Santa Fe New Mexican- Green Pages
• Santa Fe Green pages (gov)
• The Green Line

Ruidoso

• Eco Servants non-profit organization based in Ruidoso, New Mexico. Ecoservants is a community service leader that involves the community in a wide variety of projects including light town projects, cave restoration work, and site cleanup. Ecoservants is dedicated to making a cleaner, better, more enjoyable community to live in and be a part of. Ecoservants does not only involve youth, but everyone in the community, to build strong and lasting ties while improving the environment!

Taos

• Sustain Taos
• The Good Human- Blog

Tesuque

• Eco Nest The EcoNest is our simple solution. Health, ecology and sustainability begin at home in an EcoNest. These elegant, hand-crafted homes utilize natural building techniques including: timber framing, clay/straw walls, earth plastering and natural, non-toxic finishes throughout. The clay/straw walls of each home are built during a 4-day workshop lead by the EcoNest Building team. See our Portfolio of homes.

Farmer’s Markets- New Mexico

For More Information go to Farmers Market New Mexico 

Albuquerque

Reclaimed Wood-Salvage -FSC – New Mexico

Reclaimed Wood, Salvage, architectural building materials, used building materials, FSC certified wood, reclaimed furniture companies and dealers in New Mexico.

Albuquerque

• Coronado Wrecking & Salvage Co. 4200 Broadway Boulevard SW Albuquerque NM 87105 505-877-2821
• Autumn Wood Albuquerque   NM 505.873.1432  FSC Certified Doors

Espanola

• Habitat for Humanity ReStore P.O. Box 238 Espanola NM 87532 Phone: 505-747-2690

Los Lunas

• Habitat for Humanity 5 Roberts Circle Los Lunas NM 87031 Phone: 505-747-7200

Santa Fe

• Frontier Wood 4523 State Highway 14 Santa Fe NM 87508 Phone: 505-474-9663
• Habitat for Humanity ReStore 1143 Siler Park Lane Santa Fe NM 87507 Phone: 505-473-1114
• La Puerta 1302 Cerrillos Road Santa Fe NM 87505 Phone: 505-984-8164
• La Puerta Originals (www.lapuertaorignials.com)  4523 State Rd, Hwy. 14. Reclaimed wood furniture, salvaged wood, antique doors, used building materials
• Plaza Hardwood, Inc. 219 W Manhattan Street Santa Fe NM 87501 Phone: 505-992-3260
• Salvation Army Thrift Store 1202 Camino Carlos Rey Santa Fe NM 87507 Phone: 505-473-7735
• Naturally Durable- Santa Fe    NM 505.983.1200  FSC certified wood

Eco Cabinets- New Mexico

Eco Cabinets- New Mexico 

Albuquerque 

• Green on Earth Design LLC 6701 Keeling st NW Albuquerque NM 87120 505.920.3213 

Silver City 

• Material Good 108 N. Texas St Silver City NM 88061 505.534.4511 Carries: Kirei