Disposal of small propane canister question.

In our small town in Ontario Canada about the only thing that goes to landfill (garbage) is household waste. Wine,beer and liquor bottles are recycled. Metal and plastics are all recycled as are paper, cardboard and styrofoam products.

We find it very difficult when we travel in the US to be in so many places including state parks where all items just go into garbage.

It is like going back 50 years in how the piles of waste we humans create is handled.

bighatnohorse wrote:

rickeoni wrote:
Why not refill them?

I considered that. But reading the fine print on the side of the propane can it say's re-filled cans are not to be transported under penalty of a $500,000. dollar fine!

could that be meant for commercial haulers? i'd like to recycle them as well.

rickeoni wrote:
Why not refill them?

I considered that. But reading the fine print on the side of the propane can it say's re-filled cans are not to be transported under penalty of a $500,000. dollar fine!

I found a few buried in a fire ring, just under the surface.

There are words I use to describe people who do that. Words unsuitable for this forum...:M

rickeoni wrote:
Why not refill them?

Not legal here. We were at a Washington (state) cg, I asked what to do with our recycling. I was told to throw it in with the garbage!:E She said they didn't have facilities to process it. Doing that at home would net a court appearance and hefty fine.

When I am on the road I always ask the CG manager where they want me to dispose of the propane cans. Each and everyone said to toss it into the dumpster.

They are empty and they are small and will be crushed by the garbage truck.

I think they could be recycled. After all they are just a metal can. The automatic recycling machine will just sort them out onto the metal pile and they will be crushed, shredded, and put on a ship to China where they will be made back into another can or propane tank. Or, sent to Japan to be part of your next car. One way or another if you put them in the recycling bin they will get used from something again.

Why not refill them?

Why would recycling these in 2017 even merit discussion?

Companies like AmeriGas will dispose of larger grill-style tanks for you free of charge. The 1 lb. canisters can be taken to many local household hazardous waste disposal sites.