Landfills

[riptides]

So over the last few years we have s l o w l y been cleaning up our farm after extensive renovations. We subscribe to "do the right thing" and dispose of trash, recycle metals and haul stuff off to where it serves the environment and our community best.

Unfortunate, over the years we have collected lots of electronic components, plenty of old applicances, around twenty or so tires (of various sizes). Most if the tires came from a creek, the appliances from outbuildings and what not.

The metals are not much of a problem, I can scrap them with ease.

The appliances, tires and electronics will cost us over one hundred dollars to dispose of at the landfill. I could disassemble the appliances (spending hours doing it) and save some money there..... I'll be dropping one electronic component off at a big box store for their program, for the next month or so.....

I just have a hard time thinking about this. I guess I should have just left the tires in the creek.

 

[Thomas]

Maybe near by landfill or your state offers one day free drop..battery,paints,fluids,etc. etc..NH has such program.

"I guess I should have just left the tires in the creek."

Naaa that wouldn't be you,for you care and like doing a good job.

 

[czechsonofagun]

When I worked in the car shop I took old tires there to free ride on the service for that group of car shops. Not entirely square, I admit

I also remember something like a free day on tires due to west Nile virus in Virginia.

 

[tallyho8]

We can bring all whole white goods (washers, dryers, refrigerators, etc.) to the metal scrap yard and get paid for them. You must certify that the freon has been removed from the cooling units and that large capacitors have been removed.

Our trash collector will take up to 4 tires from a residence once a month.

But many tire dealers still pay anyone with a pickup truck 50 cents a tire to take them and go dump them somewhere.

 

[schmism]

our county holds a once a year cleanup/hazmat day.

you can bring out tires, paint, electronics etc and drop it off for free.

 

[NorTracNY]

Put the appliances up on Craig's List in the free section. My brother collects scrap and drops it off at my grandfathers. My grandfather takes the appliances apart for scrap metal. It gives him something to do.

 

[gregsons]

There are a few thing you can do:
Scrap the appliances. the frige you can remove the freon yourself with tin snips freon will shoot out for three sec. dont get it in your face.
As for the tires check to see if you have a tire recycler in your area they will take the tires from you.

 

[tallyho8]

There are a few thing you can do:
Scrap the appliances. the frige you can remove the freon yourself with tin snips freon will shoot out for three sec. dont get it in your face.
As for the tires check to see if you have a tire recycler in your area they will take the tires from you.

Since it is a violation of the Clean Air Act to release freon into the atmosphere, I would not admit to doing this.

 

[clemsonfor]

Since it is a violation of the Clean Air Act to release freon into the atmosphere, I would not admit to doing this.

But that is the way it is done by those curb recyclers.

As far as i know around here they use to pick up appliences but fridges had to have door removed. In the counties here in SC we have convience centers, basically dump/recycle centers. They will take appliences in the metal bin and you can throw 4 tires away a day. They also have in the larger metro areas those amisty or whatever you want to call them days where you can take oil, piant cans, tires and stuff that is not suppose to go into the trash. But for places like where i live we have no colloection or these type days i think but then again i can throw away all that stuff daily, from tires to gas, oil, filters etc. As far as pain the corect way to do it (i work for the government and this is how they do it at one of the military bases i work on) is get a big cardboard box pour paint onto it let it dry and let the can dry then tthrow it all away in the trash. I guess its no different than throwing away paint covered drywall?

 

[rvaitor]

So over the last few years we have s l o w l y been cleaning up our farm after extensive renovations. We subscribe to "do the right thing" and dispose of trash, recycle metals and haul stuff off to where it serves the environment and our community best.

Unfortunate, over the years we have collected lots of electronic components, plenty of old applicances, around twenty or so tires (of various sizes). Most if the tires came from a creek, the appliances from outbuildings and what not.

The metals are not much of a problem, I can scrap them with ease.

The appliances, tires and electronics will cost us over one hundred dollars to dispose of at the landfill. I could disassemble the appliances (spending hours doing it) and save some money there..... I'll be dropping one electronic component off at a big box store for their program, for the next month or so.....

I just have a hard time thinking about this. I guess I should have just left the tires in the creek.

My county gladly took appliances and even tires. I had to load or unload an load both into their containers. I would check around, sometimes used appliance dealers will take them as well, but it seems in these days there are folks recycling a lot of stuff.

I'm currently having problems disposing of stuff left by former tenants in a commercial building, 55gl drums of who knows what, and 50+ 5gl cans of used lacquer thinner - that they won't take.