Old refrigerators or freezers in your garage can use three times as much energy as newer ones. But you can pick up $30 in cold cash just by recycling your older appliance with Nevada Power. We pick it up for free and you get $30.
We pick up your old fridge... And you pick up 30 bucks.
Old refrigerators or freezers can use three times as much energy as newer ones, significantly running up your power bill. But you can get rid of them for free and pick up $30 cash by recycling them.
To schedule a pick up date and receive your $30 enter your zip code in the box on the right or call toll-free 1-877-289-8260 to schedule a pick-up.
Nevada Power is working with Jaco Environmental, a leading appliance recycling company to recycle the refrigerators using a state-of-the-art process that recycles 95% of the materials that make up the old refrigerators and freezers.
To participate, your refrigerator or freezer must be in working condition and has to be at least 10 cubic feet in size (no dorm-sized ones). You have to own the unit and there's a two-unit per address limit. Once we take your unit, we'll mail you a check for $30 (per unit) roughly 4 weeks after the pick up. You can also download and print this information in PDF form.
The Recycling Process
After pick up we will
- put a hole in the front door to render the unit unsellable.
- spray a large red letter "X" to indicate the unit is not for resale.
View a video of the refrigerator recycling technology process
Further Along in the Recycling Process
- Drill a core sample to determine what type of insulation the refrigerator or freezer contains.
- Chemical recycling -- getting the coolant, CFC12 or HFC 134a -- out of the system.
- Capacitor removal. This is done if the capacitors are suspected of containing PCBs. If so, they are sent for destruction to an approved hazardous waste disposal center.
- Saw the unit into three pieces. If the unit contains CFC-11 insulation, it is sawed into three pieces to separate the metal, foam, and plastic lining. Foam is promptly put into a plastic bag and sealed.
- Metal, glass, and plastic recycling. Metal goes into a roll-off dumpster, and the plastic is chipped and bagged. Both materials are sent to appropriate recycling center. The glass shelves are crushed and sent to a recyler for use as an aggregatre in concrete.
