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[waspy]

What do we do with old Anti-freeze? Old oil goes to the local Refuse site for recycling. Any ideas?
Surely it can't go down the drain, can it!!!!!! :-/ :-/

[Jimbob]

think it is fine in a house drain, but not a storm drain iirc

[Bandit127]

Quote from the MSDS

Small amounts may be flushed down a sink if permitted by local rules; large amounts should be retained for later disposal as liquid waste.

Assuming it's already a 50% solution in water and you are only disposing of a few 10s of litres.... I, personally, would flush it down the loo (foul drain). But NOT a rain drain as this goes straight to rivers etc.

[Entwood]

Mine ends up on the road, after running off the drive and over the pavement ...., usualy followed by copious amounts of water as the system flush continues ..... .. there's no way I'll collect coolant as it drains .. bad enough trying to collect oil without making a mess !!!

[STMO123]

What do we do with old Anti-freeze? Old oil goes to the local Refuse site for recycling. Any ideas?
Surely it can't go down the drain, can it!!!!!! :-/ :-/

Drink it

[VXL V6]

You can legally poor it into any inlet into a sewer (so flush it down the loo), however it cannot be poured into a storm drain, the reason is that sewerage goes to be processed and is tested to check it meets a certain standard before being reintroduced to the environment however water in a storm drain often passes directly into rivers and streams without purification.  

[Richie London]

What do we do with old Anti-freeze? Old oil goes to the local Refuse site for recycling. Any ideas?Surely it can't go down the drain, can it!!!!!! :-/ :-/

Drink it

i took a lot of trouble taking my old oil to the dump only to be told "just throw it over there with the rubbish" :-?

[albitz]

send it to Austria,they mix it with wine over there.

[razzo]

stick it in an empty wine bottle & send it to this mob, problem solved

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/7659326.stm

[JueV6]

stick it in an empty wine bottle & send it to this mob, problem solved

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/7659326.stm

Lace a few take-aways and send it from the Tax Paying Public