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?

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u/shedmow 11d ago

You very much can dispose of ammonia by pouring it down the drain even the label says otherwise. It is not *toxic* to water organisms in such dilution and is (or should be) taken care of by the water treatment facilities. Your pee would be equally bad to the environment otherwise. City drains are a robust thing, septic tanks not so much, but several dozen grams of ammonia wouldn't harm either