Antifreeze Disposal

[jetercreek]

Good hot embers from a large brush fire and I have burned a lot of old paint. Not a great idea with cans of expired expanding foam. What a mess to rake off the lawn! That's OK, I got the fun of the kaboom and put the cleanup on her to do list. lol

Careful! Step son just had another surgery on what is left of his right hand. Burning brush with old paint and thinner when the thinner got hot enough to explode into the air. It rained down on him. Waist up he was toast. He threw up his arms and saved his face.. I'm really careful with what I throw into brush fires since that day!

 

[Tractor Seabee]

Sounds like a conspiracy against DIY mechanics in some areas. Around here the auto parts stores take it and waste oils for a small fee. NAPA where I go does that. The newer ethylene based products are not dangerous like the older methyl based ones. I think all on the market now are ethylene based.

Ron

 

[radioman]

Put it on Craigslist. There is someone out there like a poor college student with a car with bad head gasket drinking coolant.

 

[MossRoad]

Put it on Craigslist. There is someone out there like a poor college student with a car with bad head gasket drinking coolant.

That stuff will kill you.

 

[MossRoad]

I'd caution about burning anything like that in your fire pit if you ever want to roast some weenies or marshhmallows over the same pit.

 

[MossRoad]

As others have mentioned, we have a local county agency where we can drop off pain, motor oil, antifreeze, yard chemicals, etc... for free (nothing is free, we pay our taxes). But you get the idea.

 

[DEWFPO]

When I took mine to the annual free county hazardous material disposal one of the guys took all my old antifreeze and said he would use it in his old tractors because it looks lots better than what was currently in them. Now that's recycling.

DEWFPO

 

[CADplans]

Put it in your tractor tires,, then,, you will not have to complain about the lack of traction next winter,,

Put it in the front tires of a GT,, and enjoy the amazing ride,, like adding shock absorbers,, and it will steer better,, your back will thank me,,, :thumbsup:

 

[TractorNH]

Antifreeze is by far one of the harder fluids to legitimately get rid of without a hassle. Easily 10 places I know of close by that WANT waste oil though, to the point where it's almost competetive. Last year we even had one guy in town was paying $1 per gallon for waste oil!

As far as antifreeze, I had several gallons saved up and just recently brought it to a hazardous waste collection day. Several towns contract with one of the small cities in the area and they have hazardous waste collection every other Saturday. It's about an hour drive but I just plan to do other stuff when in that area so I'm not making a special trip to drop it off.

 

[Oaktree]

Antifreeze is by far one of the harder fluids to legitimately get rid of without a hassle. Easily 10 places I know of close by that WANT waste oil though, to the point where it's almost competetive. Last year we even had one guy in town was paying $1 per gallon for waste oil!

As far as antifreeze, I had several gallons saved up and just recently brought it to a hazardous waste collection day. Several towns contract with one of the small cities in the area and they have hazardous waste collection every other Saturday. It's about an hour drive but I just plan to do other stuff when in that area so I'm not making a special trip to drop it off.

Of course the oil is in demand with the number of waste-oil furnaces around, mostly in garages/workshops. I believe here in N.H. it's the law that all auto repair facilities have to accept used oil from the public. Haven't found one that takes a/f.

I used to live in the Manchester area, and don't recall hazardous waste days that often...maybe twice a year. They're not always well-publicized, and here in the north country I only know of one city (Berlin) that does them. Matter of fact, it's this Saturday.

Sounds like a conspiracy against DIY mechanics in some areas. Around here the auto parts stores take it and waste oils for a small fee. NAPA where I go does that.

There's less and less automotive repairs DIY'ers can do, period. Belts, alternators, water pumps, etc. that used to be easy to change now require considerable disassembly to get to, and pretty much require a lift to get at what you need to get at, especially on cars with transverse engines. And with everything tied into some sort of computer, you need a pro-level scan tool to even troubleshoot with some codes being dealer-proprietary.