Schedule a No-Cost At-Home Pickup and Qualify for a $75 Rebate
Updated June, 2025
Need a fresh start this summer? Start with a clean space. We have an idea: How about recycling your inefficient, working refrigerator or freezer in your garage or basement? The NHSaves® utility partners know that recycling a refrigerator or freezer is not easy to do yourself, so they are offering a no-cost pickup of your unit and a $75 rebate. You may also recycle a dehumidifier or air conditioner along with your refrigerator and/or freezer for an additional $30 rebate (only in combination with refrigerator and/or freezer recycling, limited two per household per appliance type per calendar year).
The average refrigerator that is 10 years or older contains more than 120 pounds of recyclable steel. In addition, refrigerators or freezers manufactured before 1990 can use three to four times more electricity than newer models. With more than 60 million refrigerators in the US over 10 years old, this is costing consumers $4.4 billion a year in energy costs.
Recycling inefficient appliances saves energy, helps curtail growing peak load demand and prevents the release of greenhouse gases. It is the safest, most responsible way to dispose of a refrigerator or freezer. With the at-home refrigerator and freezer recycling program, your appliance will be disposed of properly, with over 90% of the unit being recycled properly by a utility partner approved contractor.
Here’s how it works:
- Ensure you meet the eligibility requirements:
- Applicant must be a valid residential electric account holder of a participating utility partner: Eversource, Unitil, Liberty, or New Hampshire Electric Cooperative
- Appliance must be picked up at the service address on your billing account with your utility partner
- Applicant must own the appliance
- Water line must be disconnected
- Refrigerators and freezers must be regular household size (10–30 cubic feet)
- Appliance must be in working (cooling) order, empty, clean, defrosted and plugged in at the time of pickup
- Schedule your pick up via our online form, by phone, or email between January 1, 2025, and have it picked up by December 31, 2025
- Receive your rebate in the mail six to eight weeks after your pick up
Ready to schedule?
For your no-cost pickup, have your electric utility account number ready and click here to get started.
