Disposal of small propane canister question.
Is it okay to toss the small green Coleman barbecue type propane canisters into the trash dumpster when they are empty? Or is there a proper disposal management for them?
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My Lego Robotic Team did a significant presentation project on this very topic.
LP bottles of any size should never enter the WASTE system nor RECYCLING system.
There are special drop off areas in every state but they are rarely advertised and often require a special trip.
[COLOR=]If there are questions, READ THE BOTTLE...and CALL THE NUMBER.
You may not think those little camping bottles (and typical Mapp/Propane tall bottles) would cause much harm. And you would be dead wrong. In Milwaukee we have 2 very large automatic recycling systems/locations that when these get thru visual inspection they have caused explosions and multiple fires.
http://dnr.wi.gov/files/PDF/pubs/wa/WA1575.pdf
This (methods to empty bottles) was not found to be acceptable to those operating the automated machines in WI but admitted it might reduce explosions.
http://www.srmtenv.org/web_docs/swm/Green-Key.pdf
For the automatic machines, this belt is the last manual inspection of material before all enters the machine. Workers stand along here all day picking out hazards, of which signs hang all around to help ID what to pick out.
LP bottles of any size should never enter the WASTE system nor RECYCLING system.
There are special drop off areas in every state but they are rarely advertised and often require a special trip.
[COLOR=]If there are questions, READ THE BOTTLE...and CALL THE NUMBER.
You may not think those little camping bottles (and typical Mapp/Propane tall bottles) would cause much harm. And you would be dead wrong. In Milwaukee we have 2 very large automatic recycling systems/locations that when these get thru visual inspection they have caused explosions and multiple fires.
http://dnr.wi.gov/files/PDF/pubs/wa/WA1575.pdf
This (methods to empty bottles) was not found to be acceptable to those operating the automated machines in WI but admitted it might reduce explosions.
http://www.srmtenv.org/web_docs/swm/Green-Key.pdf
For the automatic machines, this belt is the last manual inspection of material before all enters the machine. Workers stand along here all day picking out hazards, of which signs hang all around to help ID what to pick out.
