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- From: bohdan@cbnewsd.cb.att.com (bohdan.l.bodnar)
- Newsgroups: rec.autos.tech
- Subject: Re: Toxic parts' disposal?
- Message-ID: <1992Aug13.170039.4951@cbnewsd.cb.att.com>
- Date: 13 Aug 92 17:00:39 GMT
- Article-I.D.: cbnewsd.1992Aug13.170039.4951
- References: <23421@oasys.dt.navy.mil> <1992Aug11.060858.2601@mr.med.ge.com>
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- In article <1992Aug11.060858.2601@mr.med.ge.com> hinz@bonfire (David Hinz Mfg 4-6987) writes:
- >lung@oasys.dt.navy.mil (Terence Lung) writes:
- >: Here's a query for netters:
- >:
- >: Does anyone know of any environmentally sound options
- >: to dispose of automotive stuff like fuel filters, air filters,
- >: spark plugs, oil filters, etc?
- >:
- >: I know gas stations will take used motor oil. What is
- >: there to do with all the other junk?
- >:
- >Yes, especially antifreeze. I really hate just dumping it into
- >my gravel driveway, but what am I supposed to do with it? How
- >about brake fluid?
- >
- >
- >--
- >
- >Dave Hinz - Opinions expressed are mine, not my employer's. Obviously.
- >SAAB - Because you get what you pay for.
- >hinz@picard.med.ge.com
- >
- >
-
- I had the same questions about a year ago, and ended calling up our town's
- health inspector. This is the information I was given:
-
- antifreeze: flush it down a SANITATION sewer (the ethylene glycol -- probably
- misspelled -- decomposes when exposed to air. In the U.S., sanitation plants
- deliberately oxygenate the sewage to promote bacterial growth -- this
- oxygenation will destroy the e.g.).
-
- brake fluid: put it in a can, wrap in plastic, and throw out.
-
- The inspector was somewhat upset that better brake fluid disposal was not
- available.
-