Dispose of old carpets properly

It is not profitable to recycle old carpets

• Since all attempts to recycle old carpets by breaking them down into their components have failed, old carpets are now used Carpets mainly for thermal recovery, which means nothing other than their use as fuel in the Incineration.
• Since most of the garbage is burned in waste incineration plants anyway, the residual waste bin would be the fastest possible means of transport there. If only these were big enough for this oversized waste.

Properly dispose of aging floor textiles

When it comes to waste disposal, a distinction is made between old synthetic floor coverings and old carpets. Even if there is no colloquial difference between the two types in many regions of Germany, there could be misunderstandings when it comes to disposal.

• Even if your apartment has a dumpster to dispose of your trash in, disposing of old carpets could cause grumbling neighbors. Even cut into manageable pieces, old carpets still take up considerable volume. Should you still only be able to choose this route, please wait until the day before emptying and disposing of old carpets Do not throw your 'hazardous waste' into the container until late in the evening, so you do not take away 'their' volume of the waste container from anyone path.
• If bulky waste was otherwise removed twice a year on fixed dates, you must contact your waste disposal company today (City administration) make an appointment for the bulky waste collection and specify the respective bulky waste, what and how much to is to dispose of.


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• If you want to go faster and your residual waste container is not sufficient, you can also hand in old carpets to a collection point yourself and dispose of them correctly. You can get the address and telephone number from your city administration.