Wine cellar and wine cooler recycling

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

GoRecycle accepts all the following types of household wine cellars:

  • Small wine cellar
  • Built-in wine cellar
  • Built-in wine cooler
  • Dual zone wine cooler

Why recycle your wine cellar?

To prevent the emission of one tonne of greenhouse gas

When a wine 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 wine cellar is equivalent to composting for 4.5 years

To protect nature

When you recycle your wine cellar 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 wine cellar, you contribute directly to reducing waste in the environment.

How to get rid of a wine cooler in an environmentally friendly manner

Doorstep Pickup

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

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Drop-Off Points

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

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Municipal Pickup

Many Quebec municipalities offer home pickup. Check the list to see if yours is included.

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What’s inside your old wine cooler?

Wine cellars contain harmful materials. Among other things, your fridge contains insulating foam (which contains gases), contaminated oil, refrigerant gases, plastics, metals, and glass.

When you entrust your appliance to GoRecycle, over 97% of these materials are recovered to make new products!

How is a wine cellar recycled?

We partner with PureSphera to process the wine cellars we receive. Once the appliances are collected and brought to the Bécancour recycling centre, the following steps are taken to recover materials:

Removing accessible components: easily accessible parts are removed manually.
Removing gases and oils: refrigerant gases, oils, the compressor and certain pipes are removed.
Crushing the wine cooler: the appliance is sent to a vacuum machine where it is crushed. At this stage, the gases contained in the insulating foam are collected.
The result?
+
97
%
of the appliance's materials are recovered.

*French only

Ready to significantly reduce your ecological footprint by recycling your wine cellar?

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Have you considered reusing your wine cooler?

Is your wine cellar still functional, but you no longer need it? Consider reuse!

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

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