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Glycol antifreeze disposal?
I am planning on flushing and replacing the glycol/water mixture in my Alde wet central heating system. How do I dispose of the old fluid? Not down the drain obviously but small amounts down the toilet? Or do council recycling centres take it FOC?
26th Oct 2016 8:02 pm
sycove
Member Since: 25 Mar 2015
Location: Burntisland
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I took mine to the recycling centre, what we used to call the dump.
They had a waste oil tank but nothing for other fluids, I was told just to throw it in the general landfill skip.
Didn't seem right to me.
26th Oct 2016 8:07 pm
galwaygreen
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weed killer
26th Oct 2016 8:09 pm
M3DPO
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26th Oct 2016 8:15 pm
GLYNNE
Member Since: 06 Oct 2006
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Does your toilet not link with your drain then
26th Oct 2016 8:24 pm
NickJ
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Drains as in surface water, not foul water sewers I think
26th Oct 2016 8:36 pm
MGCarr
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+1 for weed killer as the patch on my front lawn, where I accidentally leaked some at the beginning of the summer, will testify, nothing has grown back so far. It does not appear to migrate sideways through the soil as the dead patch has not got any bigger than the area that was directly in contact with where the Disco marked it's territory.
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26th Oct 2016 11:31 pm
lynalldiscovery
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Always flushed mine down the loo
27th Oct 2016 6:17 am
Robbie
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Minus 1 for using at as weed killer as it is sweet, attracts wildlife/pets before killing them. All spills should be made safe too.Land Rover - Turning Drivers into Mechanics Since 1948
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Any I have ever spilt on the driveway gets hosed to death as I dread to think of wifes words if one of her beloved cats drunk it
Mate of mine did use it as rat poison and didnt see any more rats ever.
27th Oct 2016 6:28 pm
cornishboy
Member Since: 09 Oct 2008
Location: Bristol
Posts: 649
Glycols increase COD and BOD and in reality should not be put down to ANY storm drains and you should think twice about putting down foul drains.
Foul sewers and treatment plants can accept a small amounts of these fluids but if the local water authority find it was you who put it down the sewer you maybe looking at a small fine or a slapped wrist.......
I deal with this sort of thing all week. We have to pay to have it treated and disposed of in a proper fashion.
All that being said, be safe and good luck
27th Oct 2016 7:05 pm
tcr4x4
Member Since: 24 Jan 2010
Location: England
Posts: 1526
This is also my job, well part of it. I collect and dispose of waste oil and other garage waste. Water and antifreeze is actually harder to dispose of than oil!
Antifreeze from garages must be stored separately then collected and it is then sent to specialist treatment plants. Any garage found disposing of it any differently would find the EA on their backsides very harshly..
However, there is no viable disposal method for "normal" people. Council recycling centres should not accept it. If they tell you to put it in the waste oil tank, please don't. Not only will it and up increasing your council tax, its also a complete ball ache for me
All of our waste oil is sampled once its sold off for treatment, if water/antifreeze is found, we either don't get paid for it or get a penalty. If this happens, we charge the customer more. If the customer is a Council recycling centre, who do you think ends up paying that..
Whilst I can't condone dropping it down the drain, if it happens.. well oops..
27th Oct 2016 7:15 pm
Disco_Mikey
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Blimey, I reckon disposing of radioactive waste would be easier. Apart from this being a caravan central heating system and there being about eleven litres of glycol/water mixture, surely every car owner replacing coolant comes up with the same problem? Not that we have central heating at home, but isn't this the same?
27th Oct 2016 8:23 pm
cornishboy
Member Since: 09 Oct 2008
Location: Bristol
Posts: 649
It is not usually found in heating circuits! although it is a good heat transfer fluid
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