Fridge disposal

A lot of the time, it could be your most cost-effective option, too. Great reasons include:

Man and van collection will pick up your fridge from inside your home;

Businesses such as Divert will ensure your fridge is recycled properly. If it’s still in good working order or needs minor fixes; we can sort those out; if not, we ensure that ultrasonic equipment, vacuums, and other mod cons are used to dispose of harmful chemicals carefully and safely; and if you need to scrap your refrigerator or freezer at short notice, there’s a very good chance we could do it on the day you call!

Your fridge or freezer is noisy. Some fridges, especially cheaper ones, might be noisy anyway; magnets, things on top of it, or misbalanced feet may add to that sound problem. However, if it’s problematic once you eliminate these possibilities, you might need to look into fridge recycling.

Your freezer is swallowing your food. This is a less common problem nowadays, thanks to automatic defrosting features, but if these fail, or you’ve got a simpler freezer, you should defrost it. If it’s still a problem, it’s time to replace your freezer.

If it has too much condensation, you really should look at getting rid of your refrigerator. If your fridge looks like it’s sweating inside, you ought to take a look at the seals – if you’re seeing any signs of mould or mildew inside, or on the rubber seals, you might have to get a new one.

If you’re up to the challenge of disposing of a fridge or freezer yourself, you’ve got a car with enough space, and you’re comfortable with the risk of a chemical spill if your refrigerator is on its last legs, there’s a pretty decent chance you can get rid of it at your local tip or HWRC.

However, it’s important to make sure your nearby HWRC accepts fridges – a surprising number don’t, and those that do may be liable to charge you for it – it might end up being more trouble than it’s worth, given all your other options.

As with any important household item, you’d be surprised at just how high demand can be for your old fridge – chances are you can sell it, or at the very least get it collected by someone else in need. Gumtree, Freecycle, and countless other sites will let you list your fridge or freezer for nothing, and if it’s still in relatively decent working order, you could get a handful of notes out of it.

We’d recommend you avoid putting your old fridge in a skip, for a few reasons. Firstly, skips are really expensive – multiple times the cost of a man and van collection service – and there’s no guarantee that smaller rentals would fit your fridge under the fill level, given their length.

Furthermore, if you’re hoping to do your duty for the environment, skips are one of the worst things you can hire, thanks to the pair of huge lorry trips needed to drop them off and pick them up; you also can’t guarantee that the firm you’re hiring to get it in the first place with will do the right thing with your old fridge once they’ve carted it away.