Appliances Get Their Own Recycled Clunkers Programs (USA Today)

Cash for clunkers ended last week -- for cars. 

But old energy-hopping refrigerators and freezers qualify for recycling and cash from more than 50 utilities across the nation.  And the federal government is making money available to states so consumers could get rebates of $50 to $200 for new, more energy-efficient appliances later this year in a so-called "cash for appliances" program.

Combined, the appliance initiatives have a goal similar to the cash-for-clunker programs for autos: They get less-efficient appliances off the nation's energy grid in favor of newer efficient ones. 

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