Recycling
your appliances

If your cooling appliance is no longer working, don’t just leave it by the side of the street.

There are solutions for ensuring that your refrigerator, freezers, wine fridge, water dispensers, air conditioners and dehumidifiers are recycled legally and responsibly.

How to get rid of
an appliance

1

Doorstep Pickup

Live in Montréal or Laval? GoRecycle offers free doorstep pickup for your old appliances.

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2

Drop-Off Points

EDrop off your appliances anytime during business hours—they’ll be recycled legally and responsibly.

Find a drop-off location

3

Pickup with Purchase

Buying a new appliance? Most retailers will pick up your old one when they deliver the new one.

Find a Store

4

Municipal Pickup

Many Quebec municipalities offer residential pickup services. Contact yours to learn more!

View the List of Municipalities

Why recycle?

Because a cooling appliance generates on average one ton of GHG!

If an appliance is not recycled properly, then the gases and hazardous materials it contains are not disposed of correctly… and subsequently released into the environment.

Halocarbons are greenhouse gases with substantial environmental impact that contribute to climate change.

GoRecycle is the only organization recognized by RECYC-QUÉBEC to manage the recycling of these appliances.

Environmental impact

In Quebec, we estimate that over 300,000 appliances per year are recycled without properly disposing of hazardous materials.

300,000 appliances

Is the equivalent in emissions of
+100,000 cars on the road

How is your
appliance recycled?

Easily accessible parts are removed manually.
Refrigerant gases, oils, the compressor and pipes are removed.
The appliance is sent to a vacuum machine where it is shredded. At this stage, the gases contained in the insulating foam are collected.
The result?
+
95
%
of materials from the appliance are recovered.
The device is manually dismantled to remove the components and separate the materials.
The oils, the refrigerant gases, the compressor and pipes are removed.
The result?
+
95
%
of materials from the appliance are recovered.

What Do We Recycle?

GoRecycle is here to ensure these types of household
cooling appliances are recycled responsibly:

Refrigerators

Freezers

Wine fridge & cooler

Water dispensers

Portable or windows air conditioners

Dehumidifiers

Ready to responsibly dispose of your old appliance?

Discover our drop-off points

Have you thought
about reuse?

Discover alternatives to consider before recycling.

Reuse your appliance