Thermostat Recycling Corp. Announces 2015 Big Man On Planet Winners
Johnstone Supply, US Air Conditioning Distributors, Johnson Supply and Auer Steel take top awards for mercury thermostat collection efforts
Alexandria, Va.— Thermostat Recycling Corp. (TRC) announced that Johnstone Supply, US Air Conditioning Distributors, Johnson Supply and Auer Steel have been named the 2015 Big Man on Planet (BMOP) winners. The annual competition among Heating, Air-conditioning & Refrigeration Distributors International (HARDI) members took place May 1 – Oct. 31 and recovered 432 pounds of mercury from collected thermostats, a 71 percent increase from 2014.
Twenty-five HARDI member distributors with more than 1,000 locations nationwide competed in BMOP this year. The competition created four tiers based on company size and awarded a trophy to the distributor within each tier who recovered the most pounds of mercury. Additionally, a monetary incentive was awarded to the branch location within each tier that recovered the most during the competition.