On Sat, Oct 18, 2008 at 5:28 PM, miguel pacheco <mundopacheco@gmail.com> wrote: > 'If your city uses a sewage treatment facility for effluent, straight > down the drain is fine.' > If you do a little research, you will find no mention, anywhere, that > this practice is 'fine,' "... if the facility is connected to a sanitary sewer that discharges to a Publicly Owned Treat- ment Works (POTW) and the wastes will mix with domestic sewage, the waste antifreeze may be disposed in the sanitary sewer on-site." - Missouri Department of Natural Resources <http://www.dnr.mo.gov/pubs/pub114.pdf> and Kansas Department of Health and Environment <http://www.kdheks.gov/waste/guidance/hw97-02.pdf> "Flushing used antifreeze down the drain is the least-preferred disposal option, but it may be the only option available in some areas." - Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment <http://www.cdphe.state.co.us/hm/hhw/howto/antifreeze.htm> "California law restricts disposal of used antifreeze in landfills, through storm drains, and into sewage systems. Check with your hazardous waste permitting agency and your sewer regulatory agency for details on restrictions." - California Dept of General Services <http://www.green.ca.gov/EPP/Vehicles/Antifreeze.htm> Small quantities of antifreeze (i.e. any amount your average car owner might dump from a car or two) will have no adverse effects if the water is treated through a modern two-stage sewage treatment facility. Granted, recycling is preferable for a myriad of reasons, but down the toilet into sewage treatment is prefferable to letting it run down the driveway into the gutter
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