**UPDATE FROM NCC**
A national shortage of specialist recycling and treatment capacity is affecting fridge and freezer collections across the UK.
From Thursday 6 August, Norfolk County Council will only accept unwanted fridges, freezers and other cooling appliances at the county’s largest recycling centres.
Full details of the affected sites and what is accepted are available on the council’s website: Changes to fridge and freezer collections at Norfolk’s recycling centres. The recycling centres that are still accepting fridge, freezers and other cooling appliances are:
- Caister Recycling Centre
- Dereham Recycling Centre
- Hempton Recycling Centre
- King’s Lynn Recycling Centre
- Norwich North Recycling Centre
- Norwich South Recycling Centre
- Thetford Recycling Centre
Where possible, residents are asked to:
- Use retailer take-back or recycling services when buying a replacement appliance.
- Keep using appliances that remain safe and in working order.
- Consider reuse, repair or donation options for working appliances.
- Delay disposal, where safe and practical, until national treatment capacity improves.
Residents should only take fridges, freezers and other cooling appliances for disposal if it is absolutely necessary. If safe to do so, they are encouraged to hold on to unwanted appliances temporarily to help ease pressure on the national system.