I knew I could use window air conditioning units for every room in my household as well as it would be a lot less expensive than buying a new central air conditioning unit.
I was saving currency on the small air conditioning equipment, as well as on our energy costs.
When I quit using the central air conditioning unit, my energy costs went down by over 15%. That is almost a $500 a year savings, as well as the air conditioning units were cheaper. I vowed I would never go back to central air. I was told that window air conditioning units were recyclable or disposable, until it came time to recycle one. I couldn’t find a single recycling or disposal center that would take the window air conditioning units when they broke. They either wanted them broken down to pieces, or just put them in their trash pile to go to the landfill. I was defeating the entire purpose of energy conservation as well as eco savings, if I was going to pitch the air conditioning units into the landfill. I asked if they knew of any recycling centers that would accept window mounted air conditioning units. He reminded me he said they would take them, however they needed to go to the landfill. He didn’t know of any local recycling centers that didn’t send them off to the landfill. I called the HVAC business, as well as they said they could take them, but I would need to pay over $20 a piece for them to take them away. It was worth at least $20 a piece if it kept the A/C device out of the landfill. I delivered the first of ten to the local HVAC business, knowing the metal would all be recycled.