Jaco Environmental Featured in New York Times Story

 in Stow, one of two companies worldwide that processes refrigerators to be reused and recycled, has caught the attention of The New York Times.

Jaco's process enables about 95 percent of each old refrigerator to be recycled, Stow Assistant Planning Director Rob Kurtz said.

"The process shreds refrigerators and freezers and then separates the metals, glass, plastic, and insulation foam for recycling," Kurtz  said. 

Watch the process in action by viewing the Youtube video attached to this post.

The NYT reported Jaco picked up about 480,000 refrigerators for recycling last year.

The company, which participates in a voluntary program to bag and burn old insulating foam in refrigerators, expects to receive a comparable volume of old refrigerators during the next decade, according to The New York Times story.

“I see this as becoming revolutionary,” Goran Cvetkovic, Jaco Environmental operational field manager,.

The business ran into some trouble on Memorial Day though, when a . The interior of the business was not damaged and no injuries were reported.