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Refrigerator Recycling in Pittsburg, KS

SEK Recycling, 615 S. Joplin in Pittsburg, takes refrigerators and freezers for $5 each on Wednesdays (10am-5pm), plus the $10 car fee.

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Checked October 26, 2026 · Call before you go · How we check

2 ways to get rid of a refrigerator in Pittsburg

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  1. CurbCycle PickupPickup from your home · PittsburgNo haulingWe recycle it for youFrom $140.00
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    Book online, set out your refrigerator and we’ll pick it up and recycle it for you. You see your price before you book and pay only after pickup.

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  2. Southeast Kansas Recycling Center (SEK Recycling)Drop-off · 615 S. Joplin, PittsburgOpen to everyoneFrom $5
    Where

    615 S. Joplin
    Pittsburg, KS 66762

    Hours

    Tunnel drop-off Friday 10am-5pm, Saturday 9am-4pm; scrap metal & e-waste Wednesday 10am-5pm; large items 2nd Saturday 9am-3pm

    Cost & rules

    Refrigerators and freezers

    AcceptedFees apply
    Fees for refrigerators and freezers
    Appliance$5.00 each
    Car visit fee$10.00 per vehicle
    • Scrap metal and e-waste: Wednesday 10am-5pm; $10 per car plus item fees.

    Full details & sourcesOfficial site (opens in new tab)

Before you go

  1. Refrigerant must be removed by a certified technician; ask whether the operator handles that and what it costs.
  2. Empty and clean it, and ask whether doors must be removed or taped shut.
  3. Check for utility appliance-recycling rebates before paying for disposal.
More about refrigerators and freezers

Kansas rules

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Where this information comes from (13)

Where this information comes from

Checked October 26, 2026

  • SEK Recycling (opens in new tab) · Southeast Kansas Recycling, Inc.
    • Tunnel drop-off Friday 10am-5pm and Saturday 9am-4pm, $10 per car; scrap metal and e-waste Wednesday 10am-5pm, $10 per car. Checked October 26, 2026.
  • Our Services (opens in new tab) · Southeast Kansas Recycling, Inc.
    • Large item drop-off is free for Crawford County residents and $10 for non-residents. Checked October 26, 2026.
    • Appliances are $5 per item: refrigerators, freezers, stoves, water heaters, propane grills, microwaves, washers and dryers. Checked October 26, 2026.
  • About Southeast Kansas Recycling (opens in new tab) · Southeast Kansas Recycling, Inc.
    • SEKR is a Pittsburg-area non-profit serving local Kansas and Missouri counties. Checked October 26, 2026.
  • K.S.A. 65-3405: County solid waste management plans (opens in new tab) · Kansas Office of Revisor of Statutes
    • Each Kansas county (or a designated city) must submit a solid waste management plan to KDHE; counties may join regional plans. Checked October 26, 2026.
    • County solid waste plans must consider specific programs for wastes such as lead-acid batteries, household hazardous waste, white goods containing CFCs, motor oil and consumer electronics. The law requires consideration, not a program. Checked October 26, 2026.
  • K.S.A. 65-3460: Voluntary local hazardous waste programs; grants (opens in new tab) · Kansas Office of Revisor of Statutes
    • KDHE may coordinate voluntary hazardous waste collection programs and encourages local governments to run household hazardous waste collection, alone or jointly. Checked October 26, 2026.
    • KDHE may give grants to help pay for local hazardous waste collection programs, from the state hazardous waste collection fund. Checked October 26, 2026.
  • KDHE: Kansas Household Hazardous Waste Program SFY 2024 Report to the Legislature (PDF) (opens in new tab) · Kansas Department of Health and Environment, Bureau of Waste Management
    • Part of a hazardous waste treatment fee paid to KDHE by the Ash Grove cement plant in Chanute funds grants to HHW facilities. Checked October 26, 2026.
    • Kansas has 45 permanent permitted HHW facilities plus 39 satellite locations (SFY 2024). Checked October 26, 2026.
    • KDHE says HHW disposal options are available in 93 Kansas counties, covering over 95% of the population; a few counties have none. Checked October 26, 2026.
  • KDHE Technical Guidance SW-1995-G2: White Goods Storage, Recycling and Disposal (PDF, revised 8/02) (opens in new tab) · Kansas Department of Health and Environment, Bureau of Waste Management
    • KDHE counts refrigerators and freezers as white goods; Kansas allows them in landfills but encourages recycling. Checked October 26, 2026.
    • Refrigerant (CFCs and HCFCs) must be removed from cooling appliances such as refrigerators before they are recycled or disposed of, under federal rules. Checked October 26, 2026.

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