Best Options for Free Appliance Pickup?

[geteh]

Hey everyone,

I have an old refrigerator and a broken washing machine that I need to get rid of, but I don’t want to pay for disposal.

I’ve heard that some places offer free appliance pickup, but I’m not sure where to start looking. Does anyone know of reliable services that do this for free?

Are there any local programs, charities, or scrap metal collectors that might take them off my hands?

I’d appreciate any recommendations or personal experiences with free appliance pickup services.

 

[geteh]

Hey everyone,

I have an old refrigerator and a broken washing machine that I need to get rid of, but I don’t want to pay for disposal.

I’ve heard that some places offer free appliance pickup, but I’m not sure where to start looking. Does anyone know of reliable services that do this for free?

Are there any local programs, charities, or scrap metal collectors that might take them off my hands?

I’d appreciate any recommendations on Free Appliance Pickup Hamilton or personal experiences with free appliance pickup services.

thanks in advance for any help

 

[Jstpssng]

You should be able to find somebody to take the washing machine for scrap. The refrigerator needs to have the coolant evacuated which is why it costs; don't ask me what happens to the "recycling fee" we pay when making a purchase.

You could always take it out on some back road and dump it, like so many other people do.

 

[mrmikey]

The refrigerator needs to have the coolant evacuated which is why it costs;

Around here the county evacuates the fridge if we put it out with the regular garbage, no charge. I assume they then take it to the scrap yard.
Anything else like washers, dryers stoves and the like the scrappers pic them up and take them to the scrap yard. Last washer I took to the scrap yard I got $25, they call them shreddables.

 

[Alan W.]

Our county run recycle center takes appliances. You can check to see if you have one available.

 

[Oaktree]

Our town's transfer station will accept "white goods", but they charge for it. Once upon a time they'd only charge for freon-bearing appliances but a couple years ago they charged me to drop off a washing machine even though it just got dumped in the metal pile. I'm guessing it has to do with low scrap steel prices.
Pretty sure the days are gone when anyone's gonna take that stuff for free, unless it's somehow subsidized.

 

[Eagle1]

Chain to a tree near the road it will gone by morning in many places.

 

[alexinPA]

Depends on your location. In PA PPL ( PA power and Light Co) will remove old appliances for free and give you $50.

 

[Carl_NH]

Our town's transfer station will accept "white goods", but they charge for it. Once upon a time they'd only charge for freon-bearing appliances but a couple years ago they charged me to drop off a washing machine even though it just got dumped in the metal pile. I'm guessing it has to do with low scrap steel prices.

Same here - $15 for a fridge, 10$ for a washer/dryer, interesting tho rider mowers no charge. Suggest the OP check your local dump or waste station.

 

[dodge man]

Call a local appliance store. They probably won’t pick them up for free but can maybe tell you some options. We have a place that sells appliances and I think they will let you drop them off for free but you have to get them there. They take them for free and some guy takes them and probably fixes some of them.

 

[ponytug]

@geteh I think it is highly local, and I would call your county/town first, and then follow up on some of the above suggestions. Here lots of scrap scavengers will take anything and everything for free, but of course the metal recyclers will pay for it if you take it to their yard.

 

[Racer4]

Around here, there are a bunch of guys that make a living collecting scrap metal and hauling it to the scrap yard. I don’t take my steel/appliances/cast iron to the scrap yard anymore because of getting flat tires. Not worth it. I do save all my copper and brass that I pull from jobs. Got at least several hundred pounds sitting in my woods, waiting for the price to go back up. Last time I cashed in, clean copper was $3.75 and brass was about the same!

Just checked and it’s nearly that now. Guess I’m going to be processing some copper soon!

 

[flyerdan]

Put them at the end of the road with a free sign on them, post on craigslist / marketplace where they are and will remove post when gone. If that doesn't work, replace the free sign with $25 each, people will be compelled to steal them even if they don't want them because they perceive that they have value to you.

 

[shooterdon]

Put stuff on the road with a sign reading $20. Seems people ignore 'free" but like stealing stuff "worth" $20.

You may not get the $20 but the stuff will be gone.

I would take an old fridge that does not work to store powder and primers.