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Car Forum / Land Rover Cars / October 2004Petrol Tank Disposal
Having changed my petrol tank I thought I'd be a good citizen and find out how to make it safe before taking it to the tip. The council's answer was that they will not take petrol tanks, made safe or not, and they wouldn't tell me how to make it safe. So I now have not only an unsightly petrol tank in the front garden, but a highly flammable unsightly petrol tank. Apart from the traditional method of fitting to a vehicle, parking in a ditch or lay-by, and applying a match, how does one go about making a tank safe, and where do you get rid of them?  SignatureMTIA Bob Miller 1990 ex-RAF 110 3.5 V8 17KJ83 3/4 ton Sankey 09ES17 > Apart from the traditional method of fitting to a vehicle, parking in a > ditch or lay-by, and applying a match, how does one go about making a tank > safe, and where do you get rid of them? Run it over with handy tracked vehicle (tank, drott, bulldozer, whatever) until it stops looking like a petrol tank, then dispose of it in the normal rubbish. :-) Despite the smiley we have actually done this. SignatureEMB Sell it on Ebay :) SignatureLarry Series 3 rust and holes > Having changed my petrol tank I thought I'd be a good citizen and find out > how to make it safe before taking it to the tip. The council's answer was [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > ditch or lay-by, and applying a match, how does one go about making a tank > safe, and where do you get rid of them? >Having changed my petrol tank I thought I'd be a good citizen and find out >how to make it safe before taking it to the tip. The council's answer was [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] >ditch or lay-by, and applying a match, how does one go about making a tank >safe, and where do you get rid of them? Fill it with water, then the top off with an angle grinder. Once you have an entire side/top off you can safely cut it into six flat panels, which are thence regarded as plain scrap metal. Alex wrap it in a wheelie bin liner & throw it in the tip without asking daft questions that get you noticed!!! ;o) yep - ask for forgiveness not permission - it just invites stupid answers~! steve > wrap it in a wheelie bin liner & throw it in the tip without asking daft > questions that get you noticed!!! ;o) >wrap it in a wheelie bin liner & throw it in the tip without asking daft >questions that get you noticed!!! ;o) Or just go there at a time when its busy and just put it in the scrap metal container as per normal items. Nobody has ever said anything to me and ive done this 3 or 4 times now. (petrol was drained out first obviously) >Having changed my petrol tank I thought I'd be a good citizen and find out >how to make it safe before taking it to the tip. The council's answer was [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] >ditch or lay-by, and applying a match, how does one go about making a tank >safe, and where do you get rid of them? With great difficulty. When I was involved in LPG conversions we had a stack of them outside the back door of the workshop. Basically you have to have them purged and IIRC certified, all of which gets horribly expensive to get rid of something which is basically worthless. All of which reminds me of a notice at our local tip a while back "We do not except (sic) tyres and batteries" Signaturehugh Reply to address is valid at the time of posting > With great difficulty. When I was involved in LPG conversions we had a > stack of them outside the back door of the workshop. Basically you have > to have them purged and IIRC certified, all of which gets horribly > expensive to get rid of something which is basically worthless. It keeps the purgers and certificators in beer and smokes though ..... and keeps the Environment Agency and H&S hand-wringers on track for their pensions. Steve >It keeps the purgers and certificators in beer and smokes though ..... and >keeps the Environment Agency and H&S hand-wringers on track for their >pensions. > >Steve It also helps to keep pollutants out of landfill sites and, by implication, out of the soil and water table. There's much worse going into landfill however, so it's the tip of an iceberg. SignatureTim Hobbs '58 Series 2 88" aka "Stig" '77 101FC Ambulance aka "Burrt" '03 Volvo V70 My Landies? http://www.seriesii.co.uk Barcoding? http://www.bartec-systems.com Tony Luckwill web archive at http://www.luckwill.com >>It keeps the purgers and certificators in beer and smokes though ..... and >>keeps the Environment Agency and H&S hand-wringers on track for their [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > It also helps to keep pollutants out of landfill sites and, by > implication, out of the soil and water table. Funny though, things used to get recycled better before the daft legislation than after - things like car batteries, which are amazingly re-cyclable aren't accepted by many scrappies now. Steve >legislation than after - things like car batteries, which are amazingly >re-cyclable aren't accepted by many scrappies now. They still are amazingly recyclable, i's just that the traditional method of giving a school leaver a pair of wellies and a hammer to break them open at the bottom of the yard (you know the bit next to the wiring loom copper recycling bonfire) is not now considered environmentally acceptable. AJH > They still are amazingly recyclable, i's just that the traditional > method of giving a school leaver a pair of wellies and a hammer to > break them open at the bottom of the yard (you know the bit next to > the wiring loom copper recycling bonfire) is not now considered > environmentally acceptable. So who is accepting them ? There is no-one round here. Steve >> They still are amazingly recyclable, i's just that the traditional >> method of giving a school leaver a pair of wellies and a hammer to [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > >Steve Where are you? Your local dumpit should have a facility for them. If you are a business user you probably need to talk to a specialist waste handling company - do a google for 'envirogreen', but there are lots of other people doing it. SignatureTim Hobbs '58 Series 2 88" aka "Stig" '77 101FC Ambulance aka "Burrt" '03 Volvo V70 My Landies? http://www.seriesii.co.uk Barcoding? http://www.bartec-systems.com Tony Luckwill web archive at http://www.luckwill.com >Where are you? Your local dumpit should have a facility for them. Yes our local civic amenity waste transfer station accepts them as "household" waste. AJH > Where are you? Your local dumpit should have a facility for them. North Manchester ? Steve >Funny though, things used to get recycled better before the daft >legislation than after - things like car batteries, which are amazingly >re-cyclable aren't accepted by many scrappies now. > >Steve Quite a lot going on with battery recycling at the moment... http://www.letsrecycle.com/equipment/batteries.jsp#top Lead-acids aren't the problem - most are recycled already. It's the ni-cads etc which are the problem. SignatureTim Hobbs '58 Series 2 88" aka "Stig" '77 101FC Ambulance aka "Burrt" '03 Volvo V70 My Landies? http://www.seriesii.co.uk Barcoding? http://www.bartec-systems.com Tony Luckwill web archive at http://www.luckwill.com |
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