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PNM Refrigerator Recycling Rebate

REBATES
Rebates and discounts overview
Rebates for your home
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Got an old fridge or freezer in the garage you hardly ever use?
  • It could be using 20 percent of your home's electricity.
  • Recycle it and PNM will give you a $30 rebate.
  • PNM is working with JACO Environmental to recycle
    refrigerators and freezers for residential electric customers.

How to get a rebate

  1. Schedule an appointment with JACO Environmental to pick up your old fridge or freezer.
  2. Your fridge will be hauled away to be recycled.
    • You will be given a receipt.
  3. Get a rebate check for $30
    • Mailed to you 4 to 6 weeks after pick up.

Refrigerators eligible for a recycling rebate

  • Must be in working condition.
  • 10 to 27 cubic feet in size.
    • Dorm-sized refrigerators do not qualify.

  • Limit two refrigerators and / or freezers per household

Did you know?

  • Older refrigerators are much less energy-efficient than new ones.
  • A 25-year-old refrigerator can use up to three times as much electricity as a new one.
    • 1500 kilowatt-hours (kWh) per year, compared to about 500 kWh per year for a new one.
  • Remove an older, second refrigerator and don't replace it and you could save about $175 annually on your electricity bill.
Find out how much you can save by replacing or removing an old fridge (energystar.gov)