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| | Municipal Energy Office, City of Philadelphia |
 | | Philadelphia joined the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) Green Lights Program in 1994 to reduce electric demand in 90 percent of targeted city-owned facilities within five years. |
 | | Since beginning this process, the city has recycled materials from the library retrofits, including 63,140 pounds of copper, 36,162 pounds of PCBs, 15,498 pounds of iron, 17,577 pounds of glass, 3,101 pounds of aluminum, 9 pounds of phosphor and 3 pounds of mercury. |
 | | In 1997, the MEO sponsored a recycling conference through the Greater Philadelphia Recycling Committee targeting lamp, ballast and battery recycling companies in an effort to attract one to the region. |
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