What do you folks do with your old and used antifreeze? At my work safety kleen supplies us with their Khameleon anti freeze. The give us a couple old drums to put the old stuff in.
What do you do with your old/used coolant?
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Put it in the leaky Suburban (bad freeze plug on transmission/rear side of block), it disappears!
In containers in the trash.
Local trash has an occasional hazardous waste pickup day.
John
John
Originally Posted By: John_K
Local trash has an occasional hazardous waste pickup day.
John
John - your stash is 100 oil changes. How many years is that for your household?
Local trash has an occasional hazardous waste pickup day.
John
John - your stash is 100 oil changes. How many years is that for your household?
I take it to the city dump for haz mat material. Free and they are very friendly.
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Originally Posted By: John_K
Local trash has an occasional hazardous waste pickup day.
John
John - your stash is 100 oil changes. How many years is that for your household?
About 18 years!
John
Originally Posted By: John_K
Local trash has an occasional hazardous waste pickup day.
John
John - your stash is 100 oil changes. How many years is that for your household?
About 18 years!
John
You should be able to find an auto parts store or municipal garage nearby that will recycle it for you. My town has recycling drums for used oil and used antifreeze. You may also be able to flush it down your house sewer if your wastewater plant is ok with it. Contact your municipality. Don't throw it in the garbage!
Usually I lose a hose due to wear, all the old fluid is mostly blown out and I add to it after the hose is fixed.
I feed the neighborhood wildlife and pets with it....
I kid I kid, I pour it in a fairly large bucket and bring it to work, same with my old oil.
I kid I kid, I pour it in a fairly large bucket and bring it to work, same with my old oil.
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If you're in a city and connected to the sanitary sewer you can, in many places, pour it down the drain
That's what they tell us to do here where i have the little shop, they claim its not harmful at the waste water treatment plant.
If you're in a city and connected to the sanitary sewer you can, in many places, pour it down the drain
That's what they tell us to do here where i have the little shop, they claim its not harmful at the waste water treatment plant.
Antifreeze, besides contaminants in it, will eventually break down into water, carbon dioxide and other basic components. Its harmful to life and fish so I wouldn't toss it anywhere and especially not in a storm drain, but a lot of sanitary sewer systems can happily handle it just fine.
As for me the shop I work at has drums that get drained, I throw mine in there.
As for me the shop I work at has drums that get drained, I throw mine in there.
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If you're in a city and connected to the sanitary sewer you can, in many places, pour it down the drain as long as it isn't heavily contaminated with oil. Call the sewer treatment folks to make sure first, though.
Yep. pour mine down the toilet.
If you're in a city and connected to the sanitary sewer you can, in many places, pour it down the drain as long as it isn't heavily contaminated with oil. Call the sewer treatment folks to make sure first, though.
Yep. pour mine down the toilet.
I looked up my municipality and called my friend that works there at the plant, he said ok to dump it down the toilet. I had some that was laced with engine oil from the radiator I replaced for a friend with a 02' stratus. Took that stuff to work and dumped it in our drum.
go to earth911 dot com and they have a list of nearby hazerdous waste places in your area. Mines about 12 miles away, so I store it for a bit so I only go out there about once a year.
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