Donating Old Carpet

If you have pets you can fold it up or cut it with a carpet knife to fit the size of your pet s crate for added comfort.

Donating old carpet. Your personal carpet dealer is a great place to start to find local solutions. Wash the linens and call ahead to see if your local shelter is accepting donations. Habitat restores are home improvement stores that accept small and large donations of new or gently used furniture appliances housewares building materials and more. If the carpet is still in good condition consider donating it to a non profit organization.

As long as it s clean and smells all right many charity organizations will take old carpets and rugs. Old and un used linens hanging around are a staple in most homes. All of our stores take gently used items in good condition. So the only safe way of discarding carpet is to recycle it in some way and here are a few things you can do.

Donate carpet in good condition to a nonprofit organization that accepts used home building materials to construct affordable housing. Some companies will pick up your carpet but only if you live close to their facility. If your rug is too dirty torn or worn out for donation there are plenty of ways to get the most out of it by repurposing it. Many animal shelters and training facilities welcome pieces of old carpeting to.

Care carpet america recovery effort is a nonprofit organization working to develop the infrastructure needed to recycle carpet efficiently across the u s. You can find all donation sites here. Drag it into your garage to catch oil and antifreeze leaks from your car or truck. Fresh flooring updates your home but removing the old leaves you with a large pile of often smelly and stained carpeting and padding.

To find a list of items we cannot accept please scroll to the next section. Habitat restore staff and. Instead of adding the carpet to the landfill give it new purpose by recycling donating or selling it. Proceeds from the sales of these items help habitat s work in your community and around the world.

Verify that old carpet to be recycled is free of tack. Shelters use your linens for bed lining and to bathe animals. If you are donating an expensive carpet such as an antique rug you will need to get it professionally appraised if you plan to take a deduction of more than 5 000. Donations should be clean and safe.

We are unable to do home pick ups. The carpet america recovery effort or care is a non profit.