Water cooler and water dispenser recycling

Recyclage vieux refroidisseur d’eau machine à eau au Québec

Has your old water cooler reached the end of its useful life? GoRecycle invites you to do the right thing by entrusting it to an official GoRecycle partner.

GoRecyle accepts all types of household water dispensers, including:

  • Bottom loading water cooler
  • Top loading water cooler
  • Bottom loading water dispenser
  • Bottleless water cooler
  • Water dispenser with bottle

Why recycle your old water dispenser?

To prevent the emission of one tonne of greenhouse gas

When a water cooler is left on the side of the road or recycled improperly, it generates an average of one tonne of greenhouse gas.

Recycling an old water cooler is equivalent to refusing 684,932 plastic straws

To protect nature

When you recycle your old water dispenser responsibly, you ensure that the harmful materials inside it won’t pollute nature.
Nature

To help reduce waste

In Quebec, an estimated 300,000 cooling appliances are left on the side of the road each year instead of being recycled properly. By recycling your old water cooler, you directly contribute to reducing waste in the environment.

How to get rid of an old water cooler in an environmentally friendly manner

Bring it to a drop-off location

Nearly 400 official GoRecycle drop-off locations are available to you to ensure that your your water dispenser is recycled responsibly.

Find your nearest drop-off location

What’s inside your old water dispenser?

Water dispensers contain harmful materials. Among other things, your unit contains contaminated oil, refrigerant gases, plastics, metals and glass.

When you entrust your water cooler to GoRecycle, over 95% of these materials are recovered to make new products!

How is a water dispenser recycled?

We work with our recycling partners to process the water dispensers we receive. Once the appliances are collected and brought to their recycling centre, the following steps are taken to recover materials:

Removing oils, refrigerant gases, the compressor and certain pipes inside the appliance.
Manually dismantling the water cooler to remove the various components and separate materials.
The result?
+
95
%
of the appliance's materials are recovered.

Who recycles your old water dispenser?

Our official GoRecycle partners : Coderr, L’atelier – Centre de travail adapté, Défi Polyteck, Groupe Aptas and Option Métal, are responsible for recycling your water cooler in Quebec in an eco-friendly manner.

These social economy enterprises alone recycle over 55,000 household and cooling appliances each year, preventing the emission of more than 44,000 metric tonnes of CO2, which is equal to approximately 18,000 cars.

These local recyclers are social enterprises that support vulnerable populations, including people furthest from the labour market, those living with functional limitations, physical or mental disabilities, or employability issues, as well as young workers aged 18 to 44 with no work experience.

When you trust GoRecycle to recycle your water dispenser at one of its drop-off points in Quebec, you actively help make a positive impact on these local communities.

Ready to significantly reduce your ecological footprint by recycling your water dispenser?

Find a drop-off location

Have you considered reusing your water cooler?

Is your water dispenser still functional, but you no longer need it? Consider reuse!

Are you sure your water dispenser has reached the end of its useful life? Save time and money by having it repaired.

Reuse your appliance