Let us pick up your old refrigerator or freezer and we’ll give you $35!

Austin Utilities can help lower your monthly energy bills - and pay you to do it! Right now, you can receive $35 to recycle your old, working refrigerator or freezer. Plus, we’ll even pick it up, free of charge, and properly recycle it.

While that old appliance in the basement or garage may provide additional storage, it’s not worth the additional cost on your electric bill. By recycling your old appliance, you can save up to $100 a year on your energy bill. We make it easy for you to save the environment and your wallet.

The program dates are May 15 - Oct. 31, 2012.

How to Participate

• You must be a Austin Utilities residential electric customer.
• You must own the refrigerator or freezer and it must be 10-30 cubic feet.
• Appliance must be in working (cooling) order.
• Refrigerator must be a secondary unit; no primary refrigerators will be accepted. No restriction on freezers.
• Appliance must be plugged in the night prior to pickup.
• Your appliance will be picked up, at no charge, from the address listed on your billing account.
• The $35 reward will be mailed to you within four weeks after pickup of your refrigerator or freezer.
• Limit of 2 appliances per program year.

Inside Your Refrigerator

With Austin Utilities’ Refrigerator and Freezer Recycling Program, each appliance is properly destroyed and recycled, preventing it from entering a landfill.

   How It Works
Click the video above to
see how your old refrigerator
gets recycled.

Inside Your Refrigerator

With Austin Utilities’ Refrigerator and Freezer Recycling Program, each appliance is properly destroyed and recycled, preventing it from entering a landfill.

Save Energy and Money

• Each old refrigerator or freezer requires an average of 700 to 1,600
kilowatt-hours (kwh) to operate annually.
• If a spare refrigerator used in a basement or garage is removed and not replaced, energy savings can amount to 1,200 kWh/year, with an average $100 reduction in annual electricity charges.*
*Actual energy and cost savings will vary by equipment model and region. These estimates are conservative and based on national averages. (www.energystar.gov)..