Bad Fuel Disposal

RoyB wrote:
I always keep something like around to pour down a Yellow Jacket hole in the yard... I've heard some folks light them off sometimes too after pouring done the hole......

Just the fumes usually does the job for me...

Roy Ken

Do NOT put fuel, oil, etc. in or on the ground. It takes very little to contaminate groundwater. Please dispose of it reponsibly at a recyle station.

If some of the water is emulsified in the oil, the oil will have a muddy brownish color. Most recycle places won't accept it. You will have to find a hazardous waste disposal site---either city, county, state, or private.

coolmom42 wrote:
If some of the water is emulsified in the oil, the oil will have a muddy brownish color. Most recycle places won't accept it. You will have to find a hazardous waste disposal site---either city, county, state, or private.

I've never had them check.....Autozone simply sends me to the back, I dump, then I'm on my way.

Ivylog wrote:
Why get rid of it? The water will separate to the bottom. Pour the top off and use.

I no longer have a use for it. It was for a generator that I no longer own and don't intend to replace. Thanks.

rexmitchell wrote:
Autozone will take it.

Thanks. That will be my 1st go-to.

TucsonJim - Just read that on google search "Never attempt to destroy an underground yellow jacket nest with gas or other petroleum products. These treatments are dangerous, environmentally irresponsible and illegal..."

Anything that works good is always prohibited it seems... I will try 409 next time thanks...

Google says that works pretty good and is environmentally safe...

"You can also use regular liquid dish soap or liquid laundry detergent. Pour the solution directly into the hole, using a long-nozzled watering can or a hose with a spray attachment. Pour a teapot of boiling water into the hole immediately to wash the soap solution deeper into the hole, then leave the area immediately..."

How about that... Huh?

Ive always got one or two families of them to get rid of each year...

You will never guess where I started using gasoline - Yup Maricopa AZ when I lived out that way in the 60s and 70s hehe... Works everytime on them for sure... Thats what all of the old-timers out that way did back then...

If you read it on the internet must be true...

I'm just funning you Mr Jim...

Roy Ken

I am in the Environmental waste disposal business and our company handles waste gasolines, but in much larger quantity.
I recommend contacting your local municipality to see about local household hazardous waste programs.
Places that accept use motor oil will not accept waste gasoline as it is a flammable liquid.
Our company charges around 300 with 55 gal drum minimum to dispose of gasoline at a reclamation facility.

RoyB wrote:
TucsonJim - Just read that on google search "Never attempt to destroy an underground yellow jacket nest with gas or other petroleum products. These treatments are dangerous, environmentally irresponsible and illegal..."

Anything that works good is always prohibited it seems... I will try 409 next time thanks...

Google says that works pretty good and is environmentally safe...

"You can also use regular liquid dish soap or liquid laundry detergent. Pour the solution directly into the hole, using a long-nozzled watering can or a hose with a spray attachment. Pour a teapot of boiling water into the hole immediately to wash the soap solution deeper into the hole, then leave the area immediately..."

How about that... Huh?

Ive always got one or two families of them to get rid of each year...

You will never guess where I started using gasoline - Yup Maricopa AZ when I lived out that way in the 60s and 70s hehe... Works everytime on them for sure... Thats what all of the old-timers out that way did back then...

If you read it on the internet must be true...

I'm just funning you Mr Jim...

Roy Ken

We were camping at Lake Roosevelt one time and had a nasty ant nest right in the middle of camp. So I poured about a cup of gasoline in the nest and lit it on fire. I didn't realize how much it would smoke. Next thing you know, I had a deputy sheriff paying a visit. He gave me hell and explained in very clear language how I'd violated the law and what it would do if it got into the ground water. He let me go with a warning, but I decided I'd never do that again.

Well, according to some folks on this Forum, it's OK to dump used oil on the ground because that's where it came from. I kid you not, there was a guy here that had all kinds of reasons why it was OK.

Call the local fire department, they should be able to tell you.

Doug