Updated 2026-10-01
Disposing of a grill is a two part job, and the parts never travel together: the grill body is recoverable metal, and the propane tank is pressurized hazmat with its own disposal stream. Get the order right and both halves are easy.
Step one: the tank leaves first, separately
The tank never rides with the grill, never goes in the trash, and never goes in a dumpster. Exchange it, refill it, or surrender it; our propane tank disposal guide walks every route. Charcoal grills skip this step but get their own: cold ash emptied and bagged into household trash before the grill moves.
Step two: the grill body
A grill is mostly steel with aluminum and stainless components, which makes it decent scrap; many yards take grills free once the tank is gone and the ash is out. Transfer stations take them for a fee. Working grills in clean shape can find reuse homes, though the market is honest about rust.
Built ins are their own project
A grill set into a masonry surround needs uninstalling before any removal path works, and the gas line behind a built in natural gas grill gets capped by a licensed professional, not improvised.
The one call version
Grill removal through Mattress Disposal Plus is priced exactly at checkout: your Loader hauls the grill for metal recovery, and the one rule of the pickup is the point of this article, the tank stays behind for its own safe route.
Price the pickup before patio season turns over.