Dispose of old New Year's Eve crackers properly

What you need:

• Stable plastic bags
• water
• Residual waste bin

Make old New Year's Eve bangs harmless

If you have to dispose of old New Year's Eve bangs that have not yet burned down, you need to defuse them before disposing of them.

1. Break off guide rods from rockets so that they cannot pierce through plastic bags.
2. Put the New Year's Eve crackers in a sturdy plastic bag.
3. Add enough water that the volume of the water is at least equal to that of the crackers.
4. Let the New Years Eve crackers soak for at least an hour.


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5. Squeeze the air out of the bag and knot it carefully.
6. Now put these bags in another garbage bag and knot this carefully as well.
7. You can then dispose of the knotted bag of water in the residual waste bin. In this way you ensure that the crackers do not dry up again until they reach the incinerator and yet become dangerous again.
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Dispose of spent fireworks

You can dispose of the burned New Year's Eve in the residual waste bin.

• Packaging material may be disposed of in the recycling bin or as paper waste.
• When collecting the trash, carefully check whether there are any duds underneath.
• Remnants of New Year's Eve bangs that still contain ignitable material must first be watered, like the complete blasts, and then packaged in a watertight manner.

Better to use up all the bangers

• Always buy as many New Year's Eve crackers as you want to light that night.
• If you still have leftovers, pack them watertight.
• Keep the bangers in a cool place.
• Make sure that children and young people do not have access to this place.
• In the following year, light the older New Year's Eve bangers first so that they don't store for another year.
• When shopping for New Year's Eve crackers, consider whether you still have supplies. Adjust the amount you buy with it.