{"id":26155,"date":"2026-04-13T18:42:37","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T17:42:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.southglos.gov.uk\/newsroom\/?p=26155"},"modified":"2026-08-04T16:42:49","modified_gmt":"2026-08-04T15:42:49","slug":"fridge-and-freezer-disposal-important-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.southglos.gov.uk\/newsroom\/environment\/fridge-and-freezer-disposal-important-update\/","title":{"rendered":"Fridge and freezer disposal \u2013 important update"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Page updated: 4 August 2026<\/p>\n<p>As of 4 August 2026, we are unable to collect fridges and freezers as part of our large item collection or accept them at our recycling centres.<\/p>\n<p>We will update our <a href=\"https:\/\/beta.southglos.gov.uk\/book-recycling-centre\/\">recycling centre<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/beta.southglos.gov.uk\/collection-of-large-household-items\/\">large household item collection<\/a> webpages when it is possible for us to take them again.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Original article: 13 April 2026<\/p>\n<p>There is a national shortage in disposal capacity for fridges and freezers. Many processors that deal with them are closed or full. This means there is less space to treat these items.<\/p>\n<p>We are currently still taking fridges and freezers at our recycling centres. Space is very tight and we will check the situation every week. If the situation continues, we may have to stop taking fridges and freezers at short notice.<\/p>\n<h2>What you can do<\/h2>\n<p>If your fridge or freezer still works:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Sell it<\/li>\n<li>Give it to someone local<\/li>\n<li>Donate it to charity or a community group<\/li>\n<li>Pass it on to friends or family.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you are buying a new appliance, many shops will take your old fridge or freezer when they deliver your new one. This helps reduce pressure on our sites.<\/p>\n<p>Check our website before you try to dispose of a fridge or freezer at a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/beta.southglos.gov.uk\/book-recycling-centre\/\">recycling centre<\/a>\u00a0or through a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/beta.southglos.gov.uk\/collection-of-large-household-items\/\">large household item collection<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Page updated: 4 August 2026 As of 4 August 2026, we are unable to collect fridges and freezers as part of our large item collection or accept them at our recycling centres. We will update our recycling centre and large household item collection webpages when it is possible for us to take them again. Original [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":26156,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[561],"tags":[691,681],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.southglos.gov.uk\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26155"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.southglos.gov.uk\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.southglos.gov.uk\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.southglos.gov.uk\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.southglos.gov.uk\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26155"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/sites.southglos.gov.uk\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26155\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26359,"href":"https:\/\/sites.southglos.gov.uk\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26155\/revisions\/26359"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.southglos.gov.uk\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26156"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.southglos.gov.uk\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26155"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.southglos.gov.uk\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26155"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.southglos.gov.uk\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26155"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}