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Appliance Recycling in Salt Lake City

When it’s time to replace an old fridge, washer, or oven, throwing it in the landfill isn’t a great option. Salt Lake City offers several responsible ways to recycle or donate unwanted appliances. By keeping metals, refrigerants, and other materials out of landfills, appliance recycling helps reduce pollution, conserve energy, and support a more sustainable community. Learn more about appliance recycling here.

How to recycle appliances in Salt Lake City

  1. If purchasing a new appliance, the retailer will likely take your old one to be recycled for a fee.
  2. Most convenient and free option: SLC’s Call2Haul bulk waste pickup program is free to SLC residents. Schedule your annual pickup, where your old appliances will be picked up from your curb for recycling. Ensure refrigerator doors are removed or taped/belted shut before placing for pickup.
  3. Best option to make a few bucks: Haul to a scrap metal recycler and get some cash recycling your old appliances. You will need to pay extra (around $20) to remove freon to recycle a fridge.
  4. Haul old appliances to the Salt Lake Valley landfill for a flat rate charge of $16. There is an additional $20 fee for refrigerators since freon must be removed before recycling.
  5. Hire a waste hauler like Junk King. Their website claims they are ‘Salt Lake City’s greenest service’, and that they reuse, repurpose, or recycle 60% of what they haul away.

Small appliances

IKEA may be the best option to drop off small electrical appliances for recycling. Best Buy is another, but it has more restrictions, according to the website.

Check manufacturers for possible recycling programs; for example, Black + Decker small appliances can be recycled for free with Terracycle.

Like large appliances, any small appliance containing metal may also be taken for scrap.

Make sure to replace appliances with energy-efficient models, and know how to maximize their efficiency to conserve energy and money. Get information on local resources and rebates here.

Where to buy, sell, & donate used appliances in SLC

Locally-owned used appliance stores

These stores also buy your used appliances.

Thrift stores that sell appliances

Note that Savers and DI do not accept or sell appliances.

KSL and Facebook Marketplace are also good places to buy or sell used appliances. You may be able to find free appliances on Buy Nothing or Freecycle.

Small kitchen appliances can be donated to the Road Home or other local thrift stores.

Find information about electronic recycling in Salt Lake City here.

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