How to Dispose of a Rosary

Your rosary, if it has been blessed, is considered a sacramental item. This means you should not just throw it in the garbage when it breaks or has to be replaced. After a rosary has been broken, there is a way to dispose of the pieces to show respect to the rosary's religious past. Although rosaries are no longer considered blessed when they have been broken to a point that they are unusable, they still must be treated with honor.

Cut your rosary into pieces with wire cutters or scissors. The idea is to render the rosary unusable and the pieces unrecognizable as a rosary.

Dig a hole in the ground with a shovel.

Bury the pieces of the rosary in the hole, then fill the hole back in.