Discarding Empty Drums

[rexfire]

We have drums that are empty. These drums used to have anywhere from latex paint, hydraulic oil, vanishing oil, cleaner/degreaser. We also have some drums that have had hazardous material in it (isocyanate). For the non-hazardous drums do they just need to be empty (less than 1") and take them to a metal scrap facility? Can you do the same with the glue drum or do you need to triple rinse it before discarding?

 

[tomwalz]

Varies by locality. Better check locally. Call the local dump. if they can't tell you they can refer you.

Thomas J. Walz
Carbide Processors, Inc.

http://www.carbideprocessors.com

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[chicopee]

What we did with empty drums whether they contained oils, solvents, asphalted products, etc which we used on bridge construction was to flatten them with a bucket loader and have them removed as scrap metal.