The Graveyard of Refrigerators

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Susan Carpenter, Where Do Old Refrigerators Go to Die? Los Angeles Times, Sept 18, 2012.
http://www.latimes.com/news/loca ... -recycling-20120823,0,4051858.story

Note:
(a) The JACO Refrigerator Recycling Process. JACO Environmental, undated.
http://www.jacoinc.net/howWeDoIt.aspx
("Through a proven combination of proprietary and non-proprietary equipment and processes, JACO ensures that over 95% of the components and materials of the discarded appliance are either recycled for beneficial uses or eliminated in an environmentally responsible way. The remaining 5% can then be productively used as 'fluff' to facilitate the decomposition of biodegradable landfill material")

* Two video clips:
(i) Ripping Your Fridge Apart... for Money. YouTube, uploaded by CNNMoney on Apr 22, 2010
http://www.youtube.com/watch?fea ... IyOhCsyNNg&NR=1
(deconstructing an old fridge)
(ii) Jaco Environmental Recycling Refrigerators in Stow. YouTube, uploaded by 1964rpk on May 26, 2011
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2BosBln7AtA
(a metal frame going into a maw)
(b) Fullerton, California
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fullerton,_California
(Orange County; named for George H Fullerton, who secured the land on behalf of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway)
(c) The English surname Dunham is from places of the same name, from Old English dun ‘hill’ + ham ‘homestead.’
(d) The report says, "All those metals [of a refrigerator] are separated with the help of a motorized hack saw."

hacksaw
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hacksaw
(e) The report states, "About 10 pounds of the typical refrigerator is polyurethane foam insulation that's hidden in the walls between the metal exterior and plastic interior. * * * In refrigerators manufactured before 1996, about 10% of that foam, by weight, is chlorofluorocarbon, or CFC, refrigerant."
(i) polyurethane
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polyurethane
(polymer composed of a chain of organic units joined by carbamate (urethane) links)

A photo of polyurethane foam:
http://www.autoblog.com/2008/05/ ... -polyurethane-foam/
(ii) chlorofluorocarbon
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chlorofluorocarbon
(also commonly known by the DuPont brand name Freon; systemic name: Trichlorofluoromethane, common name: Freon-11 or CFC-11, biling point: 23 degrees centigrade, formula:        CCl3F)
(f) Compton, California
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compton,_California
(Los Angeles County; In 1867, Griffith Dickenson Compton led a group of thirty pioneers to the area, travel[ing] by wagon train south from Stockton)

The English surname is from places of the same name, from Old English cumb ‘short, straight valley’ + tun ‘enclosure’, ‘settlement.’