After finding out the minimum fee to dump at the local landfill was $50... I thought there must be plenty of other people that found that outrageous.
Ideally, I'd have a little place next to the landfill where nice folks would line up to drop off unwanted appliances, which I would offer to recycle for them.
Until that time, i thought about cheaper ways to divert the appliances for my uses.

So I made some cheap signs.

Cardboard from some boxes I had laying around, and a King Size Sharpie, and I was in business.
I just wrote
FREE APPLIANCE DISPOSAL
or
FREE APPLIANCE DROP OFF/PICK UP
and put a few out on the road leading to the dump.
Got a call a little while ago from a guy that has some fridges.
Luckily- the landfill is less than 5 miles from the recycling center.
So I'll just meet him out there and move the fridges from his truck to mine.



if I can find out when the busiest times is- (I'd SWAG that weekends would be good for diverting appliances from folks that don't want to pay the dumping fees), I'd park on the side of the road with a big sign, offering to take and recycle their appliances for them. The recycling yard closes at noon on Saturday, so it's not a perfect plan. I'd rather drive them straight over, instead of having them in the truck over the week end.

But it seems a simple way to pick up some good recyclables.
Give it a try.