The fridge that died in July, the washer that flooded the laundry room, the AC unit the tech pulled out and left in the garage. We disconnect it, carry it out, and haul it — flat photo-quoted price, $221 for a refrigerator, $179 for a washer — with refrigerant recovered before disposal and the metal recycled. Often the same day your new one arrives. No Arizona sales tax on the service.
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Upload a Photo & Get Quote →One picture of the fridge, the laundry pair or the AC unit in the garage. The flat number comes back in seconds — including the refrigerant handling, not as an extra.
Book around your delivery so the new one arrives and the old one leaves the same day. Same-day is usually open across the Valley; summer jobs start early.
Standard hookups come off, the unit comes out of the kitchen, laundry room or garage, and refrigerant-bearing appliances are routed for certified recovery before the shell is recycled.
Flat per unit, quoted from your photo. The ladder tracks weight and handling: a countertop microwave is trivial, a laundry pair is two heavy carries, a refrigerator adds certified refrigerant recovery on top of the lift.
| Appliance | Flat price |
|---|---|
| Refrigerator | $221 |
| Refrigerator — large / French-door | $246 |
| Mini fridge | $155 |
| Chest freezer | $196 |
| Upright freezer | $201 |
| Washer | $179 |
| Dryer | $172 |
| Washer + dryer together | $225 |
| Dishwasher | $147 |
| Range — electric / gas | $172 / $176 |
| Water heater — tank | $176 |
| Water heater — tankless | $121 |
| Window AC unit | $107 |
| Portable AC unit | $114 |
| Dehumidifier | $104 |
| Range hood | $71 |
| Trash compactor | $82 |
| Garbage disposal | $63 |
| Microwave — countertop / built-in | $40 / $73 |
Two notes that save people money. First, the $75 minimum: a single $40 microwave or a $63 garbage disposal on its own still bills at $75, so if something small is going, add whatever else is dead in the garage to the same photo. Second, pairs are cheaper together — a washer and dryer booked as a pair is $225 rather than $179 + $172 separately. Disconnection of standard hookups, the carry-out and disposal are all included, and there's no Arizona sales tax on the service. If it's specifically a fridge or freezer going, the refrigerator removal page covers the prep, the doorway problem and the refrigerant rules in detail.
Outside context: independent 2026 market surveys put a typical metro Phoenix junk-removal job at roughly $226–$237, and national flat-rate services such as LoadUp list refrigerator pickup starting around $130 — but as a curbside or garage-level price, with you responsible for getting a 250-pound appliance out there.
| Option | Cost | Speed | The catch |
|---|---|---|---|
| City of Phoenix bulk trash appointment | Free | Up to ~3 business days out | Won't solve a fridge — refrigerant appliances aren't ordinary uncontained trash, and the program is capped at 4 collections a year anyway. You'd still be moving it to the curb. |
| Retailer haul-away with delivery | Free or a per-item fee, varies by retailer | Delivery day only | Only when a matched new unit is being delivered, only for the same appliance type, and only sometimes — crews decline stairs, garages and second units routinely. |
| Scrapper off Craigslist | Free–they pay you | Unpredictable | They want the metal, not the responsibility: refrigerant gets vented rather than recovered, and nobody's taking your water heater or dishwasher. |
| Self-haul it | $55/ton gate rate + truck | Half a day | SR-85 Landfill is City-owned and not open to the public, so it's a 27th Avenue or North Gateway transfer-station run — and a fridge doesn't fit in a sedan or most SUVs. |
| JunkRabbit | $221 fridge · $179 washer | Same day | None — disconnected, carried out, refrigerant recovered, flat photo price, no tax line. |
This is where the city program most clearly can't help you. City of Phoenix Public Works runs bulk trash — officially "uncontained trash" — on an appointment basis: a maximum of four collections per calendar year, booked up to three business days out, with nothing placed out more than seven days ahead of the appointment. That's a program built for brush, broken furniture and boxes.
A refrigerator isn't any of those. Refrigerant-bearing appliances are handled separately from ordinary bulk, because federal law doesn't allow a sealed system full of refrigerant to be crushed or landfilled until the refrigerant has been recovered. So the fridge, the freezer, the window AC and the dehumidifier all sit outside the easy path — and even if you find a route that accepts one, the practical problem remains: you have to get a 250-pound appliance from the kitchen to the curb, then leave it standing there for days. Across the Valley's HOA-governed suburbs, an appliance parked at the curb is the fastest violation letter there is, and an unsecured fridge with the door still on is a genuine child-safety hazard while it waits.
Outside Phoenix, each suburb writes its own appliance rules — Mesa, Chandler, Gilbert, Scottsdale and Glendale all run their own bulk programs with their own caps and their own exclusions, so check your own city before you plan around it. Meanwhile we come to the laundry room, the kitchen or the garage, take the hookups off, and the appliance leaves the property the same day it stopped working.
Appliances are the one category where where-it-goes genuinely matters, and in the Valley it matters more than almost anywhere. Start with the legal part: refrigerant-bearing appliances — refrigerators, freezers, window and portable AC units, dehumidifiers — require EPA-certified refrigerant recovery before disposal or scrapping, under Section 608 of the Clean Air Act. Refrigerants are potent greenhouse gases, and venting them is exactly what the rule exists to stop. Every unit like that goes through certified recovery first, then the shell moves on. It's included in your flat price, not billed as a "freon fee" on arrival.
Phoenix produces more of this work than most metros for a simple reason: the desert eats air conditioning. Window units, portable units, dehumidifiers and the second garage fridge all fail on a compressed summer schedule here, and June through September we're recovering refrigerant nearly every day. It's routine for us and it should be non-negotiable for anyone you hire.
After recovery, the rest is straightforward. Appliance shells are mostly steel, so the carcass goes to metal recycling rather than the transfer station — that's true for the washer, the dryer, the range, the water heater and the fridge alike. And when a unit is genuinely still working — the perfectly good fridge from a kitchen remodel, the washer from a house sale — we'd rather it be used than shredded, so it gets routed toward donation instead. What's left after all of that goes to responsible disposal through a City of Phoenix transfer station, at the $55/ton 2026 gate rate that keeps our flat prices honest.
Valley homes are slab-on-grade with no basements, which shapes every appliance job here. The garage is where the second fridge, the chest freezer and last year's washer live, and it's the easiest possible removal: we back into the driveway and load straight out, so nothing is ever staged at the curb and the HOA has nothing to write up. In Chandler and Gilbert, where side-gate and garage access is the norm across the master-planned subdivisions, this is most of what we do.
Indoors takes more care. A kitchen fridge comes out over tile or wood floors and through a doorway it barely fit through going in. A laundry pair in a second-floor apartment — common through Tempe, Midtown and the Mesa rental stock — means two heavy carries down exterior stairs, and there's no stair fee for it. Water heaters usually sit in a garage closet and get drained before they move. In gated communities across North Scottsdale, Paradise Valley and Anthem we check in with the guard; in the Downtown Phoenix and Old Town Scottsdale towers a fridge goes out the loading dock with a COI on file (typically $1M general liability naming management) and a reserved freight-elevator window. And in summer we run early-morning windows — moving a 250-pound appliance across a driveway in 112-degree heat is how people get hurt.
"New fridge came, they hauled the old one out of the garage same-day. Disconnected it, flat price from a photo, no tax line. No sitting around for months."
"Old AC unit and water heater — quoted from a photo, freon documented, gone that afternoon. Honest price."
"Washer and dryer both dead — disconnected and carried both out of the laundry room. Fair flat price, easy."
How much does appliance removal cost in Phoenix?
Flat per unit: refrigerator $221 (large $246), mini fridge $155, chest freezer $196, upright freezer $201, washer $179, dryer $172, the pair together $225, dishwasher $147, range $172 electric / $176 gas, water heater $176 tank or $121 tankless, window AC $107, portable AC $114, dehumidifier $104, range hood $71, trash compactor $82, garbage disposal $63, microwave $40 or $73 built-in. $75 minimum, disconnect and disposal included, no Arizona sales tax.
What happens to the freon?
Refrigerators, freezers, window and portable AC units and dehumidifiers go through EPA-certified refrigerant recovery before disposal, as Section 608 of the Clean Air Act requires. It's in the flat price. Desert AC volume means we do this year-round, and heavily in summer.
Will the city take a fridge?
Generally not through ordinary bulk trash — refrigerant appliances are handled separately, and the program is appointment-only, four collections a year, three business days out, nothing set out more than seven days early. You'd also be moving it to the curb yourself. Suburbs set their own appliance rules; check your own city.
Do you disconnect it?
Yes, for standard hookups — washer water lines and drain, dryer vent, plug-in range, standard dishwasher supply. Hard-plumbed gas and hard-wired electrical should be disconnected by a licensed plumber or electrician first; then we take the unit.
Can you come the day my new appliance is delivered?
Yes — that's the most common booking. Retailer haul-away only happens with a matched delivery and often gets declined, so schedule us around the delivery window and the old unit is gone the same day.
Can you take it out of the garage or a second-floor apartment?
Both, routinely. Garage loading is the norm here since Valley homes have no basements, and second-floor laundry pairs come down the exterior stairs with no stair fee.
Is it cheaper than a traditional full-service hauler?
For one or two appliances, generally yes, with the number known first. 2026 market surveys put the average metro Phoenix job around $226–$237, and LoadUp lists fridge pickup from about $130 curbside. Our $221 fridge includes the disconnect, the carry-out and the refrigerant handling.
Refrigerant-bearing appliances — refrigerators, freezers, window and portable AC units, dehumidifiers — cannot legally be landfilled or scrapped until the refrigerant has been recovered by an EPA-certified process under Section 608 of the Clean Air Act. That recovery happens before the shell goes anywhere. In the Valley this comes up constantly because desert AC volume is enormous, so it is a routine part of the job rather than a special request.
Generally not as ordinary uncontained trash. The city's bulk program is appointment-based, capped at four collections per calendar year, booked up to three business days out and with nothing set out more than seven days ahead — and refrigerant-bearing appliances are handled separately from regular bulk because of the freon-recovery requirement. Even where a unit is accepted, it means dragging a 250-pound fridge to the curb and leaving it there for days, which HOAs across the Valley will cite. Suburban cities set their own appliance rules, so check your own city.
We disconnect standard hookups — the water line and drain on a washer, the vent on a dryer, a plug-in range, the supply on a standard dishwasher — and carry the unit out of the kitchen, laundry room or garage. Hard-plumbed gas lines and hard-wired electrical should be shut off and disconnected by a licensed plumber or electrician before we arrive; we take the unit away once it is free.
Yes, and it is the most common way we get booked. Retailer haul-away only happens when a matched delivery is scheduled and the crew is willing, so plenty of old units end up parked in the garage instead. Schedule us around your delivery window and the old appliance leaves the same day.
Constantly. Valley homes are built on slab with no basements, so the garage holds the beer fridge, the chest freezer and whatever quit last summer. We back into the driveway and load straight out of the garage, which also keeps the HOA out of it since nothing is ever staged at the curb.
For one or two appliances, generally yes, and the price is known before anyone arrives. Independent 2026 market surveys put the average metro Phoenix junk-removal job at roughly $226 to $237, and national flat-rate services such as LoadUp list refrigerator pickup starting around $130 — usually curbside. Our $221 refrigerator price includes the disconnect, the carry-out from inside the house and the refrigerant handling.