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I've had some sitting in two 5 gallon pails the last 6 months and it hasn't evaporated much at all. Each bucket dropped maybe an inchI pour it on the gravel drive. It takes about a week to evaporate.
I've had some sitting in two 5 gallon pails the last 6 months and it hasn't evaporated much at all. Each bucket dropped maybe an inchI pour it on the gravel drive. It takes about a week to evaporate.
It's all about exposed surface area.I've had some sitting in two 5 gallon pails the last 6 months and it hasn't evaporated much at all. Each bucket dropped maybe an inch
Makes senseIt's all about exposed surface area.
Make sure to capture it all and put it in some empty jugs and most auto parts stores will take it back. If they don't, then start calling auto repair shops. You'll find someone eventually.I live out in the boonies and there’s no real recycling program available. How do you dispose of your old coolant where you live? Do auto parts stores accept it like they do for used oil?
Yep.....Our County recycle takes everything but coolant. Same with our auto parts stores so I'm not at liberty to say where mine goes.
Nothing sweet about anything I've gotten in my mouth. Almost as bad as a mouthful of diesel.Until you dispose of it, do not leave it around where pets and critters could come and drink some of it. ITS POISONOUS!!!
And it has a sweet taste, so animals could want to try to drink some.
In Illinois, all kinds of places take used motor oil and coolant for free. They have to. Turns out that the people who write the laws want it to be easy to get rid of this stuff legitimately because it's so very very toxic. If they didn't pass these laws, people would be more inclined to do illegal dumping that kills animals and fouls groundwater.
I always wondered what those places did with all of the stuff they collect.We have a county "tox away day" twice a year; they take pretty much anything but explosives or dead bodies. Tires, all manner of old paint and chemicals, TVs, old meds, etc; they take it all.
Just about every county has an environmental management agency; check with them.
For ethylene glycol that's really not true since the biotoxicity in soil is actually quite short. Dumping it into a rainwater drain system is a bad idea as is into a private septic system. But a municipal sewer system is quite capable of digesting glycol.In Illinois, all kinds of places take used motor oil and coolant for free. They have to. Turns out that the people who write the laws want it to be easy to get rid of this stuff legitimately because it's so very very toxic. If they didn't pass these laws, people would be more inclined to do illegal dumping that kills animals and fouls groundwater.
Used Oil: Re-refined into new lubricating oil and used as a fuel in pulp mills, cement plants and asphalt plants.
Used Antifreeze: Reprocessed to produce new automotive antifreeze.
Oil Filters: Reused for metal products (rebar, nails, wire).
Plastic Oil and Antifreeze Containers: New oil containers, flower pots, pipe, guardrails, patio furniture.
I was surprised last time they took my jugs and poured the oil for me. Usually they're weird about the oil containers and want you to take them with you.Auto parts stores stopped accepting used fluids for whatever reason. Everything has to be taken to a municipal recycling depot now. This is apparently what happens to it:
Yes, I was working in my garage late one night & was getting thirty. Figuring distilled water was good enough for mixing baby formula, I took a good pull on the distilled water bottle and got a few gulps down. Didn't realize that distilled water from the automotive store was differnet than the stuff in the drug store. lolCoolant made in the last decade + has a bitterant added. Nothing is going to drink it these days. Granted, there is probably some older, non-bittered stuff around, but the chances are good that it is of the new variety.
Don't believe me, get some in your mouth one time.........
Mistake I'll never make again.
Antifreeze Manufacturers Write a Bitter End to a Not-So-Sweet Story - Vetstreet
Dr. Nancy Kay tempers the good news that antifreeze manufacturers have voluntarily added a bittering agent to the highly toxic substance with a reminder that pet owners still need to be vigilant.www.vetstreet.com
Is it a specialized, single-purpose facility?There's a waste collection station on a highway near me, they take coolant and oil.