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Pillage
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I just drained 5 gallons of real old gas out of my GS. Man it looked like maple syrup! Does anyone know where I can get rid of it?
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Re: Old gasoline disposal?
Check with your town office. Usually most places have an "amnesty day" at the waste station aka town dump, where they will take all sort of dangerous chemicals for disposal, i.e. paint, solvents and possibly gasoline
Pillage said:
Check with your town office. Usually most places have an "amnesty day" at the waste station aka town dump, where they will take all sort of dangerous chemicals for disposal, i.e. paint, solvents and possibly gasoline
HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS WASTE
* Next in-Town collection: Fall 2006.
* Veridium (also known as Jones Environmental) Household Hazardous Waste Drop-off
An appointment is required. Please call Kevin Poulin @ 978-453-7772
Location: 263 Howard Street, in Lowell, at the corner of Tanner and Howard Streets.
DIRECTIONS: Take the Lowell Connector off Interstate 495, then get off at exit 4, towards Ayer City. Take a slight Right onto Tanner Street, which becomes Howard Street. The truck entrance is located on Tanner Street before the corner; it is a beige building. The visitor entrance is located around the corner on the Howard Street side.
Times: Monday through Friday 8:00am to 5:00pm
Fees: $5 per gallon or per pound. Car batteries are $5 each. Cash and check are both accepted for payment.
* Minuteman Household Hazardous Waste Collection site, Lexington holds one
collection on selected Saturdays during the months from April to October
9AM-2PM. For more information call: (781) 862-0500 x237, Board of Health,
Town of Lexington, MA. Fees: $35 for up to 12 gallons and 12 pounds or less
of materials or $60 for 12 - 25 gallons and 12 - 25 pounds of materials. No
latex paint accepted. Please call or check website for more information
about accepted materials. 2005 Saturday dates: April 30, May 21, June 18, July 16, August 20,September 17, October 15, November 5
DIRECTIONS: From Rte 128S take exit 31 (Rte 4/225 heading towards Bedford). At the first light take a right, via jug handle, onto Hartwell Ave. The site is 1/4 mile on the left just after the bike path at the composting facility.
* Clean Harbors (781) 849-1800 x 3100, 1 Hill Ave (off Quincy Ave), Braintree, MA Call first. Accepts HHW from residents, charges $2.50/lb. No fire extinguishers or cylinders of any kind.
* Next in-Town collection: Fall 2006.
* Veridium (also known as Jones Environmental) Household Hazardous Waste Drop-off
An appointment is required. Please call Kevin Poulin @ 978-453-7772
Location: 263 Howard Street, in Lowell, at the corner of Tanner and Howard Streets.
DIRECTIONS: Take the Lowell Connector off Interstate 495, then get off at exit 4, towards Ayer City. Take a slight Right onto Tanner Street, which becomes Howard Street. The truck entrance is located on Tanner Street before the corner; it is a beige building. The visitor entrance is located around the corner on the Howard Street side.
Times: Monday through Friday 8:00am to 5:00pm
Fees: $5 per gallon or per pound. Car batteries are $5 each. Cash and check are both accepted for payment.
* Minuteman Household Hazardous Waste Collection site, Lexington holds one
collection on selected Saturdays during the months from April to October
9AM-2PM. For more information call: (781) 862-0500 x237, Board of Health,
Town of Lexington, MA. Fees: $35 for up to 12 gallons and 12 pounds or less
of materials or $60 for 12 - 25 gallons and 12 - 25 pounds of materials. No
latex paint accepted. Please call or check website for more information
about accepted materials. 2005 Saturday dates: April 30, May 21, June 18, July 16, August 20,September 17, October 15, November 5
DIRECTIONS: From Rte 128S take exit 31 (Rte 4/225 heading towards Bedford). At the first light take a right, via jug handle, onto Hartwell Ave. The site is 1/4 mile on the left just after the bike path at the composting facility.
* Clean Harbors (781) 849-1800 x 3100, 1 Hill Ave (off Quincy Ave), Braintree, MA Call first. Accepts HHW from residents, charges $2.50/lb. No fire extinguishers or cylinders of any kind.
I normally run old gas through some sort of filter (coffee filters work well) then mix it in with the gas I use for the lawn mower (10% to 50% old gas depending on how icky it is). The mower doesn't seem to care, as long as it's not chunky!
It could take a while to get rid of five gallons, depending on the size of your yard. With our small yard and our cheap old $100 mower from Wal*Mart, I can only dispose of a gallon or two of unwanted hydrocarbons per summer. But if you have a bigger yard, you probably have a much more expensive mower you'd rather not experiment with...
And of course, if there's much water in the gas, you'll need to think of something else. Oil in the gas is no problem -- I use the leftover snowblower premix in the lawn mower first thing in the spring.
Whatever you do, don't put old gas in a car with fuel injection and/or a catalytic converter.
It could take a while to get rid of five gallons, depending on the size of your yard. With our small yard and our cheap old $100 mower from Wal*Mart, I can only dispose of a gallon or two of unwanted hydrocarbons per summer. But if you have a bigger yard, you probably have a much more expensive mower you'd rather not experiment with...
And of course, if there's much water in the gas, you'll need to think of something else. Oil in the gas is no problem -- I use the leftover snowblower premix in the lawn mower first thing in the spring.
Whatever you do, don't put old gas in a car with fuel injection and/or a catalytic converter.
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pntrdave
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Pour it into milk jugs, stuff a rag in the top, light the rag and toss jug as far as possible.
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AOD
Guest
I did along similiar lines, except I used a milk jug and started a bonfire with the old gasoline. 
My brother burned his old motor oil in a bonfire too...thankfully he quit that habit.
~Adam
My brother burned his old motor oil in a bonfire too...thankfully he quit that habit.
~Adam
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JT
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marvinsc said:
That was going to be my suggestion too, but I call them "Traffic Deterrents"! :twisted: :twisted:
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pntrdave
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Just a thought you could take it to Texas and toss them out there. They wouldn't even notice a little extra fire. Would they????
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DaveDanger
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Look in the yellow pages in your area and see if an oil recycler is available. They will sometimes PAY for waste oil, and they don't care if a little gasoline is mixed in with it. I dispose of a 55 gallon drum of waste aviation oil every 2 months that way. It always seems to have a few gallons of old gasoline it it. They'll generally come to your location with a truck and suction pump... empty every container you have.
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Clone
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Boy :roll: you guys are an environmentally friendly bunch. =D>
:-$ Don't tell anyone, I spray old oil and gas on the weeds around the granaries to kill them. I figure it is better than chlorea :-s
:-$ Don't tell anyone, I spray old oil and gas on the weeds around the granaries to kill them. I figure it is better than chlorea :-s
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AOD
Guest
I heard something like 1 gallon of gas can pollute 1000 gallons of drinking water / ground water...
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Pete Logan
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Start it from a goodly ways away if you do this - ask my eyebrows how I knowAOD said:I did along similiar lines, except I used a milk jug and started a bonfire with the old gasoline.
~Adam
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Planecrazy
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I usually do the "lawnmower/snowblower" thing with old gas, but I'm guessing that using some "Stabil" on it will help revitalize it in the process, and protect the carbs on the mower/blower.
Steve 8)
Steve 8)