Date: Thu, 3 Apr 2003 23:56:25 +0200
Reply-To: Robert Steven Fish <fish@SALZBURG.CO.AT>
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From: Robert Steven Fish <fish@SALZBURG.CO.AT>
Subject: Re: coolant IS a poison
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Hey Bill,
Nothing personal here... but on this one I think anyone can be quick to
criticize without doing ANY research. It is a no-brainer.
Even your website which you provided a link to concludes by saying that
recycling the antifreeze is a better solution than pouring it down the
drain.
From the website ----
"The best choice for disposal of used ethylene glycol antifreeze is to
recycle it. Many car care companies and auto shops provide
antifreeze recycling at no charge. These businesses have the
equipment needed to recycle your antifreeze on-site. Before dumping
your antifreeze down the drain, call around to locate a business that
can recycle your antifreeze. You should be able to find one easily."
end from the website ---
Anyway... people will always continue to do whatever they want to do, no
matter who says what about it. I once caught my dad in the act of dumping
photographic chemicals down the storm drain next to our street!!! I freaked
out, and asked him if he had any idea that that is the water that he drinks,
and that the kids swim in, and that we catch fish from... he wasn't really
to worried about it.
I think the point has been made, and there is probably no reason to continue
this thread... recycle it. If you absolutely cannot locate a place that
will take (or are lazy and don't really care about expending the extra
energy to do the right thing) then go ahead and pour it all over Mount
Everest.
RSF
PS... if you wait about 4 minutes, it will be FRIDAY here in Austria!
Hooray!
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Salzburg, Austria
1987 Wolfsburg Vanagon 2.1 GL Weekender
1987 Golf Cabriolet
1991 Golf
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> A quick Google search found many sites that mention it is OK to pour this
down the drain as
> long as you aren't connected to a septic tank. A sample link is:
>
> http://cf.uwex.edu/ics/infosource/fullrecord.cfm?IDnumber=364
>
> This site also makes it clear that it isn't a problem on the ground as it
quickly biodegrades
> in the environment. Yes, keep it away from animals, but don't be so quick
to criticize a valid
> solution without a tiny bit of research.
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