Some project painting and finishing often uses chemicals for cleaning or thinning... acetone, nitro, gasoline, spirits etc.
So far, I have some glass jars with these waste chemicals after cleaning brushes. I'm trying to do my part by not just pouring them down the sink or garden.
How do you recommend hobbyists like myself dispose of these chemicals in a responsible way?
Posted May 23, 2019, 1:40 PM UTC
My garbage company has a drop off site for chemicals. They seem to take everything.
http://www.wm.com/enterprise/municipalities/residential-solutions/household-hazardous-waste.jsp
This is a great idea. I don't mind storing some jars and making an annual trip to my local disposal point.
Usually you want to label what’s in there too with rough volumes
Been thinking about this recently; wondered if it might be more responsible to dispose of brushes after use than to clean them.
I try to keep brushes separate for each type of paint (so acrylic/acetone, alkid/gasoline, poly/water). They seem to last much longer this way. But I sometimes mix them and it destroys the brush completely.
My city runs a hazardous waste day twice a year.
Is it drop-off, or do they collect from your street?
Drop off they run a big multi city collection event. Hundreds of cars bringing stuff (solvents, e-waste, batteries, etc.)
Your local municipality likely has “Household Hazardous Waste” events where they take material like that, prescriptions, and other things that are better left I flushed or not landfilled. If you have a solid waste authority in your county or municipality, give them a jingle.