Before you start ripping up the carpet clear all furniture from the room.
Throw carpet away.
Americans put about 5 billion pounds of carpet a year into landfills so stuffing it into the trash isn t the best alternative.
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Cut carpet into easy to handle.
How to dispose of old carpeting recycling carpet.
How to remove old carpet 1.
Prep before pulling up carpet.
Tack strips are metal nails that line the perimeter of your walls to hold the carpet.
Another option is to sell or donate the old carpet if it s in good usable condition.
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Soften hard to remove glue with heat by pouring boiling water or steaming the area.
Remove as much glue as you can with a razor scraper sparkling knife or 5 in 1 tool.
Carpet manufacturers who practice zero waste in their recycling process will also burn the carpet waste as a way of generating electricity.
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Donating or selling carpet.
Here s how you can remove carpet glue from your home surfaces.
Recycling carpet into backing is a form of downcycling as the recycled product is in a degraded state from the original fiber.
Use your scraping tool to scrape away the softened glue.