Disposal

[Nuggett]

Greetings!

What do you do to get rid of your paint thinners, turps and other Hazardous Material?
I've phone council but there not much help a place in Brisbane will get rid of it but I think you need a fair quantity.
Any suggestions??

[bitingmidge]

Nugget,

Technically it's not legal, but I just fill the old bucket with sawdust, pour on the "product" and wait till it goes hard. Then I pop it in the wheelie bin.

Or, just leave the lid off till it's solid and do the same.

Cheers,

P

[echnidna]

Nugget,

Technically it's not legal, but I just fill the old bucket with sawdust, pour on the "product" and wait till it goes hard. Then I pop it in the wheelie bin.

Or, just leave the lid off till it's solid and do the same.

Cheers,

P

That's what I do too.

Why isn't it legal BM?

[Bleedin Thumb]

I have a small tinnie that gets used irregularly so I have to dump 2 stroke fuel some times - outboards don't like old fuel.
This goes into a 20 lt drum and gets used for cleaning throughout the year.
Turps I tip over the garden (long thin line) it evaporates and biological action will breakdown what gets into the soil surface.

I've learnt to reduce the amount of turps I use to clean brushes, even though I still use oil based paints a bit ( I am trying to use acrylics more).

Other thinners - I try to avoid these days but just let them evaporate in a tin away from kids and animals.

Last year the Council/EPA had a disposal weekend where you went with all your HAZMAT stuff and they had guys in space suits placing the stuff in sealed drums - all free from memory.
I thought I'd cleaned out most of that stuff from those shelves but they seem to be full of deadly toxins again.

[Nuggett]

Well that clears it up.
Cheers Nuggett

[BobL]

Nugget,

Not ideal but I have a metal can I place in the open (usually on top of my shed) where most of it evaporates away to add to greenhouse gasses (this happens almost irrespective of how you get rid of it). When it gets down to a sludge (mine rarely goes solid) I do what bitingmidge does except I use sand instead of sawdust.

Cheers