Cheapest way to legally dispose of a fridge/freezer

GDB2222

Letsgetmoving said:

Our local council will collect up to 3 items for £15. You give them a weeks notice and leave it out.

They also referred us to a recycling scheme for our washing machine that had a damaged motor. They fix it and sell it on or use for parts

It varies. I live in Barnet, and the minimum charge is £35.

penners324

Take it to the local tip

[Deleted User]

Hi,

as you're having a new kitchen installed there might be a skip used for old kitchen units etc, sure you could fit FF in.

Jonboy_1984

frugalmacdugal said:

Hi,

as you're having a new kitchen installed there might be a skip used for old kitchen units etc, sure you could fit FF in.

Skip wagon drivers will refuse to take a skip with a fridge or freezer in it because they usually cannot deal with the gases. Some are licensed but often only by special arrangement.

silvercar

frugalmacdugal said:

Hi,

as you're having a new kitchen installed there might be a skip used for old kitchen units etc, sure you could fit FF in.

Asked that question, they would need to charge me more than £30.

casper_gutman

Our local council used to collect fridges for free. They still do in theory, but now charge a £5 "booking fee" for arranging the collection!

Alfrescodave

Letsgetmoving said:

Our local council will collect up to 3 items for £15. You give them a weeks notice and leave it out.

What a bargain, our council charges £50 !!!!!!

the_lunatic_is_in_my_head

AO will call to confirm delivery which is really a sales call to sell appliance cover.

When we purchased a fridge the lady offered to take it away for free, was clearly a tactic to soften you up so you’ll feel bad about saying no to the cover, whether they always do this I don’t know. 

Might be worth holding out on paying to dispose, assuming it isn’t in the way, until AO call.

To add, someone here or on the eBay board stripped their fridge and sold the parts on eBay to cover the cost of their new one. 

You might be surprised how much some of the simple bits like drawers might fetch. 

pattycake

I paid Cheshire East £45 to dispose of a faulty fridge freezer recently.  The over £2600 annually  in council tax they take from me obviously doesn’t cover free disposal.

FFHillbilly

£30 to have it taken away by the council, I would pay £15 for single item and £7.50 for each additional item thereafter. also, starter houses up here are still under 100k and a pint of lager is £3.50... what I'm getting at is your location matters if you want to compare prices and you haven't said where you are?
another option is list if on eBay if you are able to store it , even if it's broken certain people with the same model may want to buy spares from it to replace broken bits on their own FF