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If 10,000 Biters properly dispose of a quart of used motor oil, we'll avoid 25 bathtubs full of the stuff from potentially contaminating groundwater.
COCKTAIL FACT
In 2006, the House Commerce committee passed the Antifreeze Bittering Act, which requires companies to add a bitter-tasting additive to antifreeze to make it less palatable to pets and kids.
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Where can you find the dukes of hazardous chems?
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They're a quick ride in the General Lee away. Take potentially dangerous chems - from antifreeze to pesticides - to a nearby drop-spot, and get the pros to duke it out and dispose of them. Even Cooter would approve...The Benefits
- A cleaner world for you and all your cousins. Just 1 gallon of improperly disposed-of oil can contaminate a million gallons of H2O.
- Keeping chems outta little hands and paws. Each year, 90,000 pets and 4,000 kids ingest antifreeze - so if you're not using it, consider sending it off for disposal.
Personally Speaking
Jenifer's dad taught her how to change her car's oil (as well as tires, the air filter, windshield wipers and fluid...); she's car-less now, but admits she'd be too lazy to do it herself anyway and would rather take it in to a garage that safely disposed of old oil and filled up fluids with vinegar-based solutions, like SF's Luscious Garage.Wanna Try?
- Earth 911 - type in the chemical you want to get rid of and your location to find drop-off spots.
- EPA - the fed's list of potentially hazardous household chems. Also: check out a few alternatives to common cleaning agents.
May 19,2008
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Used tissues are probably the most hazardous thing you'll find in my trash can. But anything you throw in the trash either ends up incinerated or in a landfill, so careful what you toss - nobody wants another Love Canal.
Plus, certain household hazardous waste items can be reformulated into usable things. Used motor oil, for example, can be recycled into heating oil, and recycling just two gallons of used oil can generate enough electricity to power a house for almost a day. Promise to let you know as soon as I hear of a reprocessing scheme for used tissues.
-Toshio...off to thank global warming for toppling SF temperature records...
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Posted by: sophia elliott | May 19, 2008 at 10:13 PM