No. General waste in Singapore is compacted and incinerated with everything else, and scholars agree the words of Allah must be protected from that. Use a respectful route instead: a mosque collection drive, burial in clean ground where possible, or a Shariah-compliant shredding service like ours.

Knowingly throwing a Quran into the rubbish is sinful because it exposes the words of Allah to desecration. What Islam requires is protection of the text. Retiring a worn Quran respectfully, in a way that leaves no ayat readable, is permitted and has a long history in Islamic practice.

Yes, when done properly. Singapore's own Fatwa Committee at MUIS ruled in 2012 that disposing of religious writings and Quranic verses using a shredding machine is permitted in religion, on the condition that the output from the machine is fine enough that the letters are separated from one another. This follows the same principle scholars have long applied to worn sacred texts, from the burning ordered by Sayyidina Uthman (RA) to burial in clean ground.

Our DIN 66399 P-5 micro-shred cuts each page into particles smaller than 30 square millimetres, which separates the letters so no ayat remains readable, and that is how we meet the condition the fatwa sets. You can read the fatwa yourself on the MUIS website.

Yes. Burying worn texts in clean ground, where people will not walk over them, is a classical method accepted by scholars, and it remains a sound choice where suitable private land exists. In Singapore that is the hard part: most of us live in HDB flats, with no plot of our own to dig. For one or two small booklets, some families still manage it. For a box of madrasah textbooks, it is rarely practical.

Some mosques run collection drives for old Qurans and religious texts from time to time. Check with your mosque office directly. Drives are periodic rather than always open, and some cannot take bulky items like frames. If there is no drive running near you, or you have more than a bag or two, we collect at your doorstep instead.

With ShredRite, books and papers are $5.50 per kg, frames and harder materials are $7 per kg, and the doorstep booking fee is $20, or $10 with a partner masjid code, ALEEM10 for Masjid Abdul Aleem Siddique, KHALID10 for Masjid Khalid or RAZAK10 for Masjid Al-Abdul Razak. So 3kg of books is $36.50 at the standard fee, or $26.50 with a masjid code. 10kg is $75 or $65 with a masjid code, and 20kg is $130 or $120 with a masjid code. Everything is weighed at your doorstep before we take it, so you see the final price first.

ALEEM10, KHALID10 and RAZAK10 are our partnership codes with Masjid Abdul Aleem Siddique, Masjid Khalid and Masjid Al-Abdul Razak. Any one of them drops your doorstep booking fee from $20 to $10, and they apply to the booking fee only; the per kg rates stay the same. On our booking page you simply pick a masjid and the code is applied for you.

The masjid drop-off has no booking fee at all. You drop off at Masjid Abdul Aleem Siddique on the last Saturday of the month, between 2pm and 5pm, at Masjid Al-Abdul Razak on the last Friday of the month, between 2pm and 6pm, or at Masjid Petempatan Melayu Sembawang any time (self-service), pay only the per kg rate, and the masjid receives $2.50 per kg.

For a completely free route, mosque collection drives elsewhere in Singapore are often free, so do check with your own mosque office.

Yes. Every doorstep booking sends $10 plus $1 per kg to your chosen masjid, so a 20kg collection gives $30 to the masjid. Every drop-off sends $2.50 per kg, so a 20kg drop-off gives $50 to the masjid.

Yes, and we encourage it. Everything goes on our digital platform scale at your doorstep, in front of you, before we take anything away. You see the weight and the final price before we leave.

Nothing is paid when you book. We confirm your slot and payment over WhatsApp, and PayNow is accepted. Please note that booking fees are non-refundable once confirmed.

North and West are collected on Mondays and Fridays. East and Central are collected on Tuesdays and Wednesdays. You pick a morning slot from 9am to 12pm, or an afternoon slot from 12pm to 4pm. Collection is on weekdays only. We confirm your slot with you over WhatsApp before the day.

Yes. Collection is at your doorstep, across the island, from Woodlands to Marine Parade. HDB flats, condominiums, landed homes and offices are all covered. Your area decides your day: North and West on Mondays and Fridays, East and Central on Tuesdays and Wednesdays. You never need to travel to our facility at Tannery Lane, and it is not open to visitors.

Yes, we take them. Yasin books, doa and tahlil booklets, and sejadah or telekung printed with Quranic verses all carry ayat, so they deserve the same care as a mushaf. Khutbah notes, calendars with ayat and kenduri cards with Bismillah are accepted too.

Yes. We do not handle talismans, wafaq, or items tied to spiritual practices. Everything else on our accepted list is fine, and if you are unsure about an item, WhatsApp us a photo at (+65) 8383 1987 and we will tell you honestly.

Any sturdy bag or box will do. There is no need to remove covers, take frames apart or sort anything by type. We handle the sorting. If a frame has glass, a layer of newspaper or an old towel around it helps it travel safely.

Yes, and we understand how heavy that moment is. Families clearing a late parent's flat often find shelves of kitab collected over fifty years, and nobody can bear to bin them or to keep them all. We weigh everything in front of you and carry it all out ourselves, so no one needs to lift a box. Our guide on handling a late parent's Islamic materials walks through it gently.

Yes. We serve institutions with larger volumes and scheduled collections: madrasahs clearing old workbooks at the end of the year, offices holding Islamic publications, and mosques with accumulated donations. See our page for mosques, madrasahs and organisations, or email info@shred-rite.com to arrange a collection.