Appliance Recycling Centers of America (ARCI) popped about 30% an hour ago, but is well off those highs after it was announced that it’s been awarded a contract by Xcel Energy (XEL) to provide refrigerator recycling services for the utility’s residential electric customers in Colorado and New Mexico. The program is scheduled to begin on June 1, 2009 and run through December 31, 2010. Utility customers who turn in functioning but energy inefficient refrigerators will … Read the rest