How to get rid of a refrigerator in Albuquerque, NM
Albuquerque's free Large Item Pick-Up takes refrigerators and freezers. Empty the fridge, tape the doors shut, request a pickup at least 24 hours before your trash day, and set it on the curb.
- Cost
- Free for residential customers
- Prep
- Empty it, tape the doors shut
- Drop-off
- Eagle Rock or Montessa Park
Option 1: City pickup (Large Item Pick-Up (free, by request))
Who can use it
- Free Large Item Pick-Up is for Solid Waste Management Department residential customers only.
- Commercial customers pay $59.31 for a large item or excess trash pickup (call 505-761-8138).
How to book
- Use the City's large item pickup request, call 311 (505-768-2000), or use the ABQ311 mobile app.
- Request at least 24 hours before your next regular trash collection day. Requests made within 24 hours may be handled case by case.
- Pickup happens on your next normal trash collection day.
Refrigerator rules
- Refrigerators and freezers are listed as eligible appliances. Appliances must be empty, and fridge and freezer doors must be taped shut.
- Under federal EPA rules, refrigerant must be recovered before final disposal.
Setting it out
- Place items on the curb at least five feet from carts, mailboxes, fire hydrants, parked cars, low-hanging trees and utility poles.
- Empty all appliances. Refrigerator and freezer doors must be taped shut.
- Contaminated items will not be collected, and no more than a standard pickup load is taken.
Fees and limits
- Large Item Pick-Up: free for residential customers.
- Convenience Centers: $5.00 per load (plus tax) for City residents; $5.54 (plus tax) extra if the load is not tarped and secured. Non-residents pay $12.00 per load (plus tax). One load is a 4 x 8 x 2 ft truck bed. Cash, check, Mastercard, Visa and American Express accepted.