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Home Recycling

Let Us Recycle For You!

Why Choose Us to Recycle Your Old Appliance?

  • Convenient & hassle free – we’ll take it away when we deliver your new appliance
  • No trip to the tip! – no need to visit the tip or arrange a costly kerb side collection with the council
  • Environmentally friendly – reduce landfill by responsibly recycling your old appliance with us
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How It Works

  1. Select ‘recycle my old appliance’ in the basket when placing your order

  2. Pay the recycling fee at checkout. This is £25 for a standard product and £40 for large items including; American style fridge freezers and range cookers

  3. Before we arrive, please disconnect and move the old appliance out of position ready for collection. You’ll need to ensure your appliance is defrosted and drained of any water where applicable

  4. We’ll take away your old appliance, ensuring it is recycled responsibly

What Happens To My Old Appliance?

This depends on the type of appliance you have. We remove all the cooling gases and insulation foam from refrigerators. This ensures no hazardous substances can leak out and cause soil or water contamination, which is dangerous to humans and wildlife.

The good news is over 75% of the materials in old appliances can be recycled. This includes plastics, stainless steel and other metals including copper and aluminium. So when you choose to recycle your old appliance with us, you are giving valuable materials a new lease of life!

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Recycle It Yourself

FREE In Store Drop Off

Local to Nottingham? You can bring your old appliance to our showroom and we’ll take care of the rest.

Refuse Pick Up

Most councils offer a kerb side collection service also known as a bulky waste collection. You’ll need to book this in advance and the cost will vary depending on where you live.

Local Recycling Centres

Find for your nearest local recycling centre and contact them to make arrangements to drop off your old appliance. It is important to check they accept your type of appliance before you visit. Please note some centres only allow local residents to use their facilities.

Why Recycle?

Sustainable

Reusing materials from old appliances means producing less new materials which is cost effective and more sustainable.

Environmental Impact

Lowering CO2 levels creates a cleaner environment. This benefits everyone from humans to wildlife.

Reduces Landfill

You can help to reduce the amount of unnecessary waste that ends up in landfill each year.

Quick & Easy

Whichever way you choose to recycle your old appliance, it is quick and easy to arrange.

Legal Requirement

It is a legal requirement in the UK to dispose of electrical or electronic equipment safely. By recycling you are compliant with WEEE regulations.

Prevents Pollution

Disposing of appliances properly stops hazardous materials leaking out and harming the ozone layer, which contributes to climate change.

Free Drop Off Option

If you're buying a new like for like appliance from us, we can either collect your old one for a small fee, or you can drop off in store for free!

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What Is WEEE?

Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) is regulated to reduce the amount of electrical equipment which ends up in landfill. In the UK, distributors, including retailers, must provide a system which allows all customers buying new electrical equipment the opportunity to recycle their old items free of charge.

To remind you that old electrical equipment can be recycled, it is now marked with a crossed out wheeled bin symbol. Please do not throw any electrical equipment (including those marked with the crossed out wheeled bin symbol) in your bin.

Recycling FAQ's

Our recycling service costs £25 for a standard appliance and £40 for a large appliance. This includes bigger items including; American style fridge freezers, range cookers and large fridge freezers.

If you’re local to our showroom you can drop off your old appliance when collecting your new one and we’ll recycle it for free.

We will recycle any like for like appliance when we deliver your new one. So if you’re replacing a standard fridge freezer, we’ll take away your old one, but not if it was a larger model like an American style fridge freezer. We only recycle like for like products to ensure we have enough space on our vans to bring the old appliance back.

We ask that all old appliances are disconnected ahead of our arrival. This is to ensure the delivery and collect runs as smoothly as possible, avoiding any delays. Our drivers are allocated a set time for each delivery, so this speeds up the process and ensures we can complete the collection within the allotted time.

Appliances can be very heavy, especially when they are full of water! We ask that you fully defrost any freezers or fridge freezers so its easy to take them away. It also ensures we don’t have any spillages or leaks in our vans, as this could cause damage to other goods we’re due to deliver. Spillages can also be hazardous to our drivers and our vans.

Yes, your old appliance must be disconnected from all utilities before our team arrives. If it is a washing machine or similar appliance, it should also be drained of any excess water and cleaned. We only offer like for like recycling, which means the old appliance must match the type of new appliance being delivered.

To return an appliance, you must contact our Customer Care team first and complete our returns form within 14 days. You can either arrange and pay for your own return or we can collect the appliance for a fee, depending on its size. If the appliance has been installed or used, your refund may be reduced. For more information please contact our Customer Care team on customercare@appliancecity.co.uk