That dead fridge in the garage — hauled and recycled the right way at a flat photo-quoted price from $221, with EPA-certified freon recovery built in. Refrigerators, freezers, and AC units are excluded from Denver's Large Item Pickup entirely — the city won't touch them — so a fridge is one thing you genuinely can't self-solve. We carry it out, recover the refrigerant, and divert the metal. No Colorado sales tax on the service.
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Same-day is usually open across Denver and the Front Range. We disconnect and pull it from the kitchen, basement, or garage.
Refrigerant appliances go to certified freon recovery; steel, copper, and aluminum are scrapped. Nothing is vented or dumped.
Flat and photo-quoted — the carry-out, the freon recovery where it's needed, the recycling, and the drive are all in the number.
| 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 (combo unit) | $255 |
| Dishwasher | $147 |
| Gas range / oven | $176 |
| Tank water heater | $176 |
| Window AC (small / large) | $117 / $147 |
$75 minimum. Clearing a whole kitchen or laundry room? Send one photo and we price the fridge, range, and dishwasher together. No Colorado sales tax on the service.
For context, Denver's average junk-removal job runs about $219–$230 and single items $60–$99 according to local cost surveys — appliances sit above the single-item range because of the weight, the disconnect, and the certified refrigerant handling, all of which are already in our flat number.
| Option | Cost | Speed | Catch |
|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Large Item Pickup | Free | — | Appliances are excluded entirely — the city won't take a fridge, freezer, or AC at all |
| Scrap-metal yard | Free–small payout | Hours | You load a 300-lb appliance, drive it, and freon appliances often get refused without proof of recovery |
| Retailer haul-away | Often a fee | Only on delivery day | Only if you're buying a replacement, only that appliance, timed to their delivery |
| Traditional full-service hauler | ~$150–$400+ | 1–3 days | Priced by truck volume, often confirmed only on site |
| JunkRabbit | $221 flat (fridge) | Same day | None — flat photo price, freon recovered, we carry it out |
No — and this is the part most people don't find out until the truck skips their fridge. The City & County of Denver's free Large Item Pickup program (Denver 311 · 720-913-1311) excludes refrigerant appliances entirely. Refrigerators, freezers, and air conditioners contain freon, and federal EPA rules require certified recovery of that refrigerant before the appliance can be scrapped — venting it is illegal because it's a potent greenhouse gas. Because the city isn't set up to recover refrigerant, it simply won't collect these units, period, even from homes that are on the curbside route. That leaves a genuine gap: a fridge is one of the few things a Denver resident truly cannot hand to the city or leave at the curb. A licensed hauler that recovers the freon and recycles the metal is the actual answer — that's us. We handle the recovery, document it, and divert the steel and copper.
Appliance clear-outs rarely come alone — the fridge leaves with an old TV, a microwave, or a dead computer from the same garage. That matters here because Colorado bans electronics from landfills under SB12-133 (in force since July 2013): TVs, monitors, computers, laptops, and printers are illegal to dump and must be recycled, and they're also excluded from Denver Large Item Pickup. So a combined kitchen-and-garage load can involve two different diversion rules at once — refrigerant recovery for the fridge, e-cycling for the electronics. We sort them correctly in a single flat-priced trip, so you're not making separate runs to a scrap yard and an e-waste drop-off.
An old appliance is mostly recyclable metal, so almost none of it should reach a landfill. On any refrigerant unit we route the freon to EPA-certified recovery first — captured, not vented — and then the steel, copper, and aluminum are sent to scrap. Washers, dryers, dishwashers, and water heaters are scrap-metal diverted the same way. Electronics riding along in the load go to an e-cycler, satisfying Colorado's landfill ban. Every load rides tarped, which on the Front Range also keeps the tip fee from doubling for an uncovered truck. It's all inside your flat price, and it aligns with Denver's own push toward waste diversion.
Denver appliances hide in hard places — a chest freezer in a Wash Park basement, a second fridge in a Central Park attached garage, a water heater in a utility closet, a washer-dryer up a flight in a Cap Hill walk-up. We disconnect and carry each one out ourselves, up or down the stairs, with no surcharge for the flights (Denver's flat, so it's just stairs). Heavier units that don't roll get walked out on a dolly with the floors protected. You never wrestle a 300-pound appliance to the curb the way the excluded city program would otherwise require — that carry-out is the whole point.
"Found out the hard way the city won't take a fridge. These guys did — recovered the freon, gave me the flat price from a photo, and pulled it out of the garage same day."
"Old washer and dryer down in the basement, plus a dead TV. One flat price, they carried it all up the stairs and split the appliances from the electronics for recycling. Easy."
"Remodeling the kitchen, needed the range, dishwasher, and water heater gone before the plumber. Photo quote, no tax line, done in one trip. Fair and fast."
How much does it cost in Denver?
Flat, photo-quoted: fridge $221, large fridge $246, freezer $196–$201, washer $179, dryer $172, combo $255, dishwasher $147, water heater $176, window AC $117–$147. $75 minimum, no Colorado sales tax.
Will the city take my fridge?
No — refrigerators, freezers, and AC are excluded from Denver Large Item Pickup entirely because they need certified freon recovery. That's exactly why you need a hauler.
Do you recover the freon?
Yes — EPA-certified recovery on every refrigerant appliance, then the metal is scrapped. Nothing is vented or landfilled.
Do you carry it out or do I?
We do. We disconnect and lift it from the kitchen, basement, or garage, down the stairs if needed. You lift nothing.