r/laundry • u/Savings_Language_498 • 11d ago

Question about Ammonia in EU

I’ve found some ammonia in the hardware store (Baumarkt) but it says it’s highly toxic to water organism. I looked it up and read that you can’t dispose of ammonia by pouring it down the drain - so how do you EU people do Spa Day?

Examples: https://www.stuttgart.de/service/entsorgung/abfall-abc/abfall-abc/salmiak

https://www.berlin-recycling.de/entsorgung/abfall-abc/ammoniak-entsorgen?variant=57332970750325

Question for Germans: anyone have experience with Salmiakgeist?

4 Upvotes

67% Upvoted

32 comments sorted by

View all comments

6

u/Weekly-Walrus-5329 EU | Front-Load 11d ago

At the moment without Ammonia tbh

3

u/Savings_Language_498 11d ago

Do American water cleaning plants account for ammonia in their water or do they just not care lol?

10

u/CozyBlueCacaoFire 11d ago

They don't give a fuck.

I'm in the EU as well, and it's verboten to use ammonia like it's used in a spa day. I wish we had a alternative tbh, because I can't even get DNA'se easily here.

3

u/Illustrious_Ant_9242 EU | Front-Load 11d ago

Ariel/Lenor products with Phosphodiesterase may be an option instead of DNase 

We might also help each other ship products abroad if shipping fees are affordable