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Discarding Empty Drums

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rexfire

Industrial
Jul 1, 2011
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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?
 
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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.
 
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