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- From: hinz@picard.med.ge.com (David Hinz Mfg 4-6987)
- Subject: Re: Toxic parts' disposal?
- Message-ID: <1992Aug14.075000.23243@mr.med.ge.com>
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- Date: Fri, 14 Aug 92 07:50:00 GMT
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- bohdan.l.bodnar (bohdan@cbnewsd.cb.att.com) wrote:
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- : 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.
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- OK, This is fine if you live in an urban blight...er...I mean urban area, but
- what about those of us who have our own septic systems & trash disposal means?
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- Dave Hinz - Opinions expressed are mine, not my employer's. Obviously.
- SAAB - Because you get what you pay for.
- hinz@picard.med.ge.com
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