Did you know your old, working refrigerator or freezer costs up to $150 a year to run? Why not save that money and spend it on something you really enjoy. Recycle that old, working refrigerator or freezer in your garage or basement, or an old, working refrigerator you are replacing. We’ll pick it up for free and give you a $50 rebate. You’ll save energy, money and help keep these materials out of landfills and recycled into new products.
To qualify you must be a National Grid electric customer in Rhode Island and own the units for pick-up. In addition, your refrigerator or freezer must be:
Each participating household is limited to pick-up and rebates for two units. The refrigerator or freezer must be picked up at your National Grid electric service address.
Enroll online below or call 1-877-545-4113 to schedule a pickup.
Save Money - By recycling your old inefficient refrigerator or freezer, you could see up to $150 in energy savings in one year and much more over the remaining life of the unit. To find out how much you can save by retiring your old refrigerator or freezer, use the retirement calculator.
Save the Environment - The average 10 year old refrigerator contains about 160 pounds of steel, 75 pounds of plastic and 10 pounds of glass. Recycling ensures proper disposal of these materials and reduces demand in landfill space. For every ton of steel that is properly recycled- roughly the amount in 16 full-size refrigerators- we save 2,500 pounds of iron ore, 1,400 pounds of coal and 120 pounds of limestone. Your old appliance is dismantled at a recycling facility center where the metals and refrigerants are removed in an environmentally safe manner.
Click here to view a local news segment on this program which also highlights the dismantling and recycling process
* National Grid has contracted with JACO Environmental to collect and recycle refrigerators and freezers.
