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Recleim LLC, Atlanta, has announced it has entered into an asset purchase agreement with ARCA Advanced Processing (AAP) for the purchase of an appliance recycling facility in Philadelphia. The company provides collection, transportation, demanufacturing and resource recovery services for end-of-life appliances and converts the appliances and other items into commodities such as plastic, aluminum, copper, steel and pelletized foam, which are then sold for reuse. The Philadelphia plant is one of three plants in the country that can capture and process ozone-depleting substances and greenhouse gases that are found in the foam lining of expired appliances, the company says. The Recleim team looks forward to expanding relationships in Pennsylvania and beyond to advance our mission of handling and destroying end-of-life appliances and other items in an environmentally friendly manner,” Bush says.

The grand opening of the new Recleim appliance demanufacturing plant was held at the Recleim recycling plant at 1601 E. Fourth St. on Tuesday. The Recleim factory is the culmination of more than a year of work and partnerships between Recleim, JobsOhio, Allen County Economic Development Group and American Electric Power-Ohio and other Ohio utility companies, said Dave Stratton, director of business development for the Allen Economic Development Group. “While Recleim means economic growth for Lima, which is absolutely fantastic, it also means money in the pockets for AEP-Ohio’s customers, that’s really important to us,” said Julie Sloat, AEP-Ohio president and chief operating officer. AEP-Ohio is offering customers a $50 incentive to recycle their outdated refrigerators and freezers to celebrate Recleim’s grand opening.