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What to do with coolant?

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2510Paul

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There have been a lot of comments about dealerships. I thought I would pass on a positive comment.

I have been having trouble finds a place to take the coolant from a JD4055 flush. I called a number of garages and auto parts stores. No luck. The JD Dealer I go to has a drum but it costs them to get rid of it. On an earlier visit they said they would take it but there would be a charge. When I showed up with it the would not take it. I guess I don't know why. I was more than willing to pay.

Well, the great news is the local Chevy dealer took it for free. I brought it in and a tech and I carried the pail to their drum and dumped it in. I was pretty happy about that..

What do others do to dispose of coolant?

Paul
 
I collect it in drums and pay Safety Kleen to take it when I have 2 drums full. Not cheap but I get rid of it in an environmentally friendly way. They recycle it.
 
It costs me 50 cents a gal to get rid of used oil and $1.00 a gal to get rid of anti-freeze. They pump it out of the barrels into the same truck. Figure that one out.
 
Our local recycle center takes it, also used oil, electronics,plastic, glass,paper and cardboard. Just take it in Monday through Friday and until noon Saturday.
Once a year they take tires, have a limit,but can pay for over the limit. Lots of other Hazardous waste also.
 
Waukesha, WI, our city has a recycling center open Wednesday and Saturday for residents. They take just about anything, no charge, some limitations of course but it?s pretty convenient.
 
I don't generate that much but what I collect goes in 5 gallon oil buckets and to the bi yearly county household hazardous waste collection. My used oil and couple of my neighbors heats the shop.
 
Stuff like that is 99% water. You could pour it into a pan and let the water evaporate. What's left you could put in a jar. It would be a long time before you would have enough to worry about disposal.
 
Our area has a three-county waste district that sponsors a Household Hazardous Waste collection each year. I save the jugs from motor oil, hydraulic, etc. for that. Sometimes I have to wait in line for a while but it's worth it. They took a whole barrel of industrial paint that FIL had setting outside the barn for a long time. I wanted to get rid of it before it started to leak. He also kept a fiberglass drum filled with used motor oil mixed with Penta to soak wood fence posts. Really nasty stuff. They took it, thankfully. When I told them what I had they pulled me out of the line and put everything, drum included, into a new 80 gal. barrel and sealed it. I'd heard there were only two places in the country that could process Penta. The driver said the EPA shut them down and this would go either to Canada or Sweden. Glad to be rid of it.
 
i have so many tractors that i welcome any used coolant.i just settle it out and use it.
 

They call'em convenience centers here they are 5/6 are so around the county open seven days a week only closed on Thanksgiving and Christmas day... Household trash furniture, appliances metal motor oil, oil filters, antifreeze.... It part of your tax bill it runs me $300 a year for 5 property's are 50 to 80 for each...

You can bet get I take advantage of it... Even then folks still dump there trash on side of the road WTF...
 
The county has 2 times a year that we can get rid of old paint ,anti freeze,old drugs, and other things at no charge.
 
(quoted from post at 19:35:18 09/22/17)
Put it out in a big pan in the back yard to evaporate :shock:
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You'll save on pet food too...

I just don't believe the water evaporates out of antifreeze. guess I'll have to try a test.
 
I live in the country, but my local town says to dump old coolant down the city sewage drain and the sewage treatment site takes care of it. Before everybody jumps on my case about this, I personally asked the sewage treatment official this question about two weeks ago. He said to dump it down the city drain!
 
Place I work at recycles it.
They usually allow folks to come by and drop it off. But I believe we charge larger customers to pick it up.
 
Stray cats that use your flower beds for a litter box and your basement windows as spray targets usually like a nice bowl of it as an occasional treat. Just joking .... wanna clear that up before the cat lovers get up in arms !!!
 
If you have any problems with frost heaving a sidewalk or foundation you could pour it in the ground around it, just don't leave any pools if you have any pets.
 
I had a small drum of used af and saw a guy on craigslist looking for some. a win win ! He was going to put it in tires for weight.
 
Thanks everyone for the comments. The County does have a Hazardous Waste drop off but I never connected it to coolant. I will check.

By the way. It was great to see so many people being environmentally responsible with their chemicals. Way to go.

Paul
 
The recycler probably uses a centrifuge to separate out all the components in the oil. That is what a local one does.
 
(quoted from post at 04:38:59 09/23/17) I live in the country, but my local town says to dump old coolant down the city sewage drain and the sewage treatment site takes care of it. Before everybody jumps on my case about this, I personally asked the sewage treatment official this question about two weeks ago. He said to dump it down the city drain!
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I went to a city sponsored seminar on hazardous materials. Told us the anti-freeze takes 28 days to break down; either in the ground or into a body of water. The water treatment plant only retained the water for 8 hours, so any coolant would still be intact as it left the plant for the river.

That was why the had $$$$ fines if they caught you dumping in the sewer.

Me, I live on acreage and just pour it into the dirt. It'll take years before it gets to any water source like a river or stream or well. And the bacteria would have done the job by then....
 
Oil the chains on equipment with waste oil. Usually a hose goes and the coolant winds up on the ground then change hose and refill with new coolant.
Antifreeze used to be able to run it through a reclaimer and add new additive to it and reuse as recycled product. Did those recycling machines get junked or did they not work. Back in the 90's there was a big push to do that and have a job doing the recycling for companies like dealers and trucking companies.
I looked into it one time back then and found out most of the places you might get as a customer was already doing it themselves.
 
(quoted from post at 00:09:42 09/24/17)
(quoted from post at 04:38:59 09/23/17) I live in the country, but my local town says to dump old coolant down the city sewage drain and the sewage treatment site takes care of it. Before everybody jumps on my case about this, I personally asked the sewage treatment official this question about two weeks ago. He said to dump it down the city drain!
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I went to a city sponsored seminar on hazardous materials. Told us the anti-freeze takes 28 days to break down; either in the ground or into a body of water. The water treatment plant only retained the water for 8 hours, so any coolant would still be intact as it left the plant for the river.

That was why the had $$$$ fines if they caught you dumping in the sewer.

Me, I live on acreage and just pour it into the dirt. It'll take years before it gets to any water source like a river or stream or well. And the bacteria would have done the job by then....[/quo



And there you have it. How superfund sites happen.
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(quoted from post at 01:34:13 09/24/17) The recycler probably uses a centrifuge to separate out all the components in the oil. That is what a local one does.
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You don't centrifuge anti freeze, you won't get decent anti freeze out of it. We use a floculant tank, a membrane process and then we run it through a still. The stuff comes out better than 99%.

As for the oil, if all you do is centrifuge it all you get is boiler fuel.
We cook the water out of the oil then centrifuge the stuff for boiler fuel. Or it is sold after cooking for use in burners for blacktop operations.
If you want oil you can use in a machine we have to run it through the oil refining plant to take out some of the lighter fuel type stuff, then we use a clay process to remove smell and color. When we get done it is lube stock and can be used for many applications.
 
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