Nov 11 - PRNewswire-FirstCall

Appliance Recycling Centers of America, Inc. (BULLETIN BOARD: ARCI) announced it has been awarded a contract by The Midwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (MEEA) to remove from service and recycle inefficient, non-commercial refrigerators and freezers targeting the AmerenUE customers in the Missouri cities of St. Louis, Jefferson City and Cape Girardeau.

The program, sponsored by AmerenUE and administered by MEEA, will run from October 1 through December 31, 2005, ARCA will pick up and recycle the older, non-commercial refrigerators and freezers of area residents, who have replaced those units with energy-efficient EnergyStar(R) appliances. Customers will be paid a $50 incentive per refrigerator for participating in this energy efficiency program. Additional information about the program can be found at http://www.ameren.com/Residential/ADC_Res_RefrigeratorRecyclingProgram.asp or by calling 1-866-706-3996.

In addition to building public awareness of energy-efficient appliances, the MEEA program i