London fridge and freezer disposal · Central London
Local fridge and freezer disposal for Islington and its 11 covered areas. Georgian squares and canal basins around Angel, giving way to dense estates and Arsenal crowds further north.
Fixed prices
| Job | From | Typical time | What sets the price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under-counter fridge or freezer | £45 | 20–30 min | Smaller units still need the same degassing process, so the price floor reflects the facility charge rather than the size. |
| Full-height fridge or fridge-freezer | £60 | 20–30 min | Priced per unit for collection plus the WEEE facility's per-item gate fee for degassing and recycling. |
| American-style or larger fridge-freezer | £85 | 30–45 min | Extra crew time for the size and weight through a doorway, plus a higher refrigerant charge on some larger units. |
| Chest or upright freezer | £55 | 20–30 min | Same F-gas recovery step as a fridge, priced per unit against the approved facility's rate. |
| Wine cooler or drinks fridge | £40 | 15–20 min | Smaller refrigerant charge than a full fridge, but still requires the same certified recovery step before scrapping. |
| Second unit on the same visit | £30 each | Added to visit | One collection, one degassing trip to the facility — each extra unit avoids a second call-out charge. |
Under-counter fridge or freezer
£45 · 20–30 min
Smaller units still need the same degassing process, so the price floor reflects the facility charge rather than the size.
Full-height fridge or fridge-freezer
£60 · 20–30 min
Priced per unit for collection plus the WEEE facility's per-item gate fee for degassing and recycling.
American-style or larger fridge-freezer
£85 · 30–45 min
Extra crew time for the size and weight through a doorway, plus a higher refrigerant charge on some larger units.
Chest or upright freezer
£55 · 20–30 min
Same F-gas recovery step as a fridge, priced per unit against the approved facility's rate.
Wine cooler or drinks fridge
£40 · 15–20 min
Smaller refrigerant charge than a full fridge, but still requires the same certified recovery step before scrapping.
Second unit on the same visit
£30 each · Added to visit
One collection, one degassing trip to the facility — each extra unit avoids a second call-out charge.
Domestic prices are the total you pay. Landlord and letting-agent invoices are quoted plus VAT at 20%. Every price includes the WEEE facility's degassing and recycling charge, which is fixed per unit regardless of how far it travels. Where a permit, bay suspension, ULEZ or the Congestion Charge applies it is itemised separately.
Working in Islington
Islington is built from four-storey georgian terraces with basements, victorian conversions and large council estates around finsbury park, and the mix changes street by street — Angel (N1), Archway (N19) and Barnsbury (N1) each behave differently on the day.
On the ground, wall-to-wall cpzs, red routes on holloway road and city road, and terraces with no off-street parking at all. Locally that means seven-day cpz, no off-street parking on the georgian streets and steep basement access and gyratory red routes, steep hill streets and estate blocks with booked lifts. Part of Islington sits inside the Congestion Charge zone, so the charge is quoted as its own line rather than hidden in the labour rate.
London Borough of Islington treats fridges, freezers and any appliance holding refrigerant as WEEE and will not take them in a standard bulky collection in Islington — they go through a separate booking, usually with a longer wait, because the gas has to be recovered before the unit can be scrapped. We recover and log that gas on every job, same-day.
A spa and pleasure-garden suburb that filled with Georgian and early Victorian terraces, then gentrified hard from the 1970s. That history is why Islington property behaves the way it does today.
Scope
Method
Step 1
Under-counter, full-height or American-style — that alone sets the price, no visit needed to quote.
Step 2
The degassing fee is already inside the figure; nothing is added once the facility processes the unit.
Step 3
Next-day is standard across every borough; same-day is often available for a single unit.
Step 4
Unit is kept upright wherever possible to avoid disturbing the compressor oil and refrigerant lines.
Step 5
Taken to an approved WEEE facility where the refrigerant is recovered before scrapping, with the transfer note emailed to you.
Coverage
Also in this borough
Single items, part-loads, garden waste and office strip-outs across the borough.
The wider rubbish disposal hub — every waste stream we collect, in one place.
Sofas, beds, wardrobes and mattresses collected per item, dismantling included.
Whole-property clears, probate and end-of-tenancy strip-outs, sorted room by room.
Drum, seal and filter cleaned to clear odours and standing water.
Under-counter fridge or freezer starts at £45 in Islington, and the ladder runs up to £30 each for the largest job on the table above. Unit size and the refrigerant charge set the floor price; stairs, narrow galley kitchens and integrated housings that need levering out add crew time on top. Part of the borough is inside the Congestion Charge zone, so a £15 daily charge is added as its own line when the job falls inside the charging hours.
We cover the whole borough: EC1, EC1V, N1, N19, N4, N5 and N7. On the ground that includes Angel, Archway, Barnsbury, Canonbury, Finsbury Park and Highbury.
Next-day collection is standard across every borough, and same-day is usually available for a single unit booked before mid-morning. Central London is covered by crews already working in the borough, so travel time is not billed on top.
Wall-to-wall CPZs, red routes on Holloway Road and City Road, and terraces with no off-street parking at all. Where a permit or a bay suspension is needed we arrange it with London Borough of Islington and show the cost in the quote before you agree it. Nothing is added afterwards.
Yes. Four-storey Georgian terraces with basements, Victorian conversions and large council estates around Finsbury Park is exactly the stock we work in daily. Where there is no lift, the crew size is set by the floor level at quote stage, so a third-floor walk-up is priced as a third-floor walk-up rather than re-quoted on the doorstep.
Refrigerant-containing appliances are classed as WEEE and controlled under the Ozone-Depleting Substances Regulations and the F-Gas Regulations — the gas must be recovered by a certified technician before the unit is crushed or scrapped, and we handle that step at an approved facility rather than leaving it to the tip. Certificates go out with the booking confirmation, which is what London Borough of Islington tenancies and most local managing agents ask for.
One or two crew depending on access; American-style and full-height units on an upper floor with no lift are booked as a two-person job as standard. Vehicles are ULEZ-compliant, which matters in every Islington postcode, and the crew carries everything needed to complete the job in one visit.
Disconnecting an integrated fridge or freezer that is plumbed or wired in — that is a trade job we can refer you for, Commercial catering refrigeration and cold rooms, which are quoted separately due to larger refrigerant volumes and Units that have been dismantled or had the refrigerant circuit cut open, which need a specialist hazardous-waste route instead. If something on that list turns up in Islington, we tell you at survey and point you at the right trade rather than taking the booking anyway.
Free quote · 1-hour reply
Send a few details and you get a written quote for your Islington address, with permits and charges shown separately.
No deposit is taken until the price and slot are confirmed in writing.
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