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What do you guys do to dispose of used cleaning fluids? 
 

I have an Elma cleaning machine with the 3 jars. I’m using horosonic to clean, and two rinses with IPA. I’m aware that I mustn’t just tip this stuff down the drain. What’s the best thing to do with them?

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I tried burning them, but they create a lot of smoke.

So I collect them in a plastic container, and in the summer put them in an open container in the garden and let them evaporate.

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 Best disposal option where I live is either to flash it off (I pour it out in an oil drip pan, and it evaporates), which I don't like, or if I have a load, I'll take it to the chemical recycling facility.

It costs a surprising amount of money to dispose of chemicals there (it's like the county WANTS people dumping stuff in the water), so I send out a text to the neighborhood (not many people up here) and see who has paint and stuff they need to get rid of. I tell them to come by whenever, and put labeled and sealed containers in my trailer, and that I'm going on whatever date. Last time, most people gave me a few bucks to defray the cost, and I ended up with a tank of gas for the trouble!

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Thinly spread the fluid on bare ground, stand 20 meters from it, throw burning cloth onto it, burn the damn stuff.

Make sure no one sees you, and deny if someone did.

Good luck.

 

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