It was worth $20 a piece if it kept the AC components out of the local landfill
I knew if I bought window air conditioner units for every room in the condo that it would be less cash than buying a major modern central air conditioner unit. I was saving money on the air conditioner equipment, plus on our utility bill. When I quit using the central air conditioner unit, my utility bill went down by 15 percent. That was almost a 600 dollars a year savings, and the air conditioner units were cheaper. I swore I would never go back to a central air unit. I was told that window air conditioner units were disposable, until it came time to recycle them. I could not find a single recycling center that would take the window air conditioner units when they died. They either wanted them broken down, or just put them in their trash pile to go to the local landfill. I was defeating the purpose of energy conservation and eco savings, if I was going to throw the air conditioner units in the local landfill. I asked if they knew of any recycling centers that would accept window air conditioner units. He told me he said they would take them, but they had to go to the landfill. He didn’t know there were any local recycling centers that didn’t send them to the landfill. I called the main office for the Heating and A/C business, and they said they could haul them, even though I would need to spend my money $20 a piece for them to haul them away. It was worth $20 a piece if it kept the AC components out of the local landfill. I delivered the first of ten to the Heating and A/C business, knowing the metal could all be recycled.