Grumpy old man 4,682 Posted November 22, 2017 Share Posted November 22, 2017 Hi How do people dispose of their old antifreeze responsibly? Took mine to the local recycle centre and was told just to throw it into household waste. Cheers Grumpy Link to post
Guest bonekicker Posted November 22, 2017 Share Posted November 22, 2017 I recently went to our local car recycling garage and was not surprised at all-- the air con gas is supposed to be recycled but was just opened up allowed to escape-- antifreeze disposal was onto the floor--oil in a huge metal container--the 3 young lads did not know what day it was never mind about recycling. Link to post
Tonyj 6,907 Posted November 22, 2017 Share Posted November 22, 2017 That has always made me chuckle boney . An industry at the vanguard of changing the world with its recycling ethos , is generally run by some very shadey characters in or on green belt land . I think the one on theA13 has caught fire twice and required a massive response from the brigade and shutting down the A13 in the process :0) 1 Link to post
Tex 36,817 Posted November 22, 2017 Share Posted November 22, 2017 7 hours ago, Grumpy old man said: Hi How do people dispose of their old antifreeze responsibly? Took mine to the local recycle centre and was told just to throw it into household waste. Cheers Grumpy You’ve got me thinking now. I put fresh anti freeze in the Street Triple about 18 months back and I’m damned if I can remember what I did with the old stuff. I suspect it’s still in the plastic containers that the fresh stuff came in. I need to check. Link to post
larryblag 14,236 Posted November 22, 2017 Share Posted November 22, 2017 I would think that especially for The small amount used in a bike it could be diluted with water to the point where it's effectively inert or at least not considered a hazard to wildlife or the water course? 1 Link to post
Reckless 945 Posted November 22, 2017 Share Posted November 22, 2017 A few times, certainly when I changed the coolant in my pan1100 I've used what I've drained off for topping up in my other vehicles Link to post
Dunnster 1,650 Posted November 22, 2017 Share Posted November 22, 2017 I took my used/old coolant/antifreeze to the local tip or recycling centre, as its known nowadays. There was no info on what to do with it so I left it near the waste engine oil container in a clearly marked bottle. 1 Link to post
Guest bonekicker Posted November 22, 2017 Share Posted November 22, 2017 I would think most people would just put it down the road drain--we call them suffs --don't know why--stupid name !!! Link to post
Mikdent 4,070 Posted November 22, 2017 Share Posted November 22, 2017 (edited) Save it and use it in the summer as weed killer. Edited November 22, 2017 by Mikdent 1 Link to post
embee 7,288 Posted November 22, 2017 Share Posted November 22, 2017 It definitely must not on any account be put on the ground or in any sort of watercourse, it is highly toxic but is actually liked by animals, cats especially will drink it and it will kill them. Sorry to be abrupt, but please don't dispose of it that way. I take mine to the tip and as Mike Dunnster says, leave it by the waste oil tank. I suspect it gets poured in there and ends up being used as fuel. Waste oil can be recycled usefully, but at a council tip it is so contaminated with all sorts of stuff I doubt they do anything other than burn it. 1 2 Link to post
Trumpet 216 Posted November 22, 2017 Share Posted November 22, 2017 To the tip for specialist disposal. Please, not down the grid. It's poisonous to animals. 1 Link to post
shiggsy 529 Posted November 22, 2017 Share Posted November 22, 2017 18 hours ago, Grumpy old man said: Took mine to the local recycle centre and was told just to throw it into household waste. Ditto. Link to post
pilninggas 22 Posted November 22, 2017 Share Posted November 22, 2017 27 minutes ago, embee said: It definitely must not on any account be put on the ground or in any sort of watercourse, it is highly toxic but is actually liked by animals, cats especially will drink it and it will kill them. Sorry to be abrupt, but please don't dispose of it that way. I take mine to the tip and as Mike Dunnster says, leave it by the waste oil tank. I suspect it gets poured in there and ends up being used as fuel. Waste oil can be recycled usefully, but at a council tip it is so contaminated with all sorts of stuff I doubt they do anything other than burn it. Yeah it just gets burned off at very high temp in a combined natural gas-waste generation cycle. 1 Link to post
Grumpy old man 4,682 Posted November 22, 2017 Author Share Posted November 22, 2017 Thanks guys, I thought about tipping it in with the engine oil as I was also disposing of some oil but when I asked I was told the above. In future I'll just leave it by the oil. thanks Link to post
Tonyj 6,907 Posted November 22, 2017 Share Posted November 22, 2017 I've been diluting my Austrian white with it for years :0) 2 1 Link to post
Reckless 945 Posted November 23, 2017 Share Posted November 23, 2017 13 hours ago, Trumpet said: To the tip for specialist disposal. Please, not down the grid. It's poisonous to animals. The last anti-freeze I put in the cooling systems where I used to work were safe for the environment and non-toxic, mono-pentane glycol I think, I used it to replace mono-ethylene glycol in furnace cooling systems, both are colourless. 1 Link to post
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