On 10/10/2017 15:05, John Rumm wrote:
On 10/10/2017 14:31, newshound wrote:
On 09/10/2017 01:18, John Rumm wrote:
On 08/10/2017 14:44, wrote:
On Sunday, 8 October 2017 13:03:02 UTC+1, tim...Â* wrote:
I have half of a 5L can of emulsion paint that I don't need.

I am told by my LA that I am not allowed to throw it away whilst it
is still
soft (yes I know that I can ignore this advice and nothing will
happen).

So OOI, if leave the top off the can how long will it take to dry out?

(It's been open for 48 hours already with no sign of any change in the
consistency)

tim

can't you freegle/freecycle/gumtree it?
Is there any law against it going down the drain if water based?

Many paints are water borne, not water based. I.e. the water is a
carrier, not the solvent. Once the solids in the paint have cured,
they will not redissolve in water.


But what happens to the distributed particles when they get into a
sewage works? I'd imagine the titanium dioxide filler/pigment is pretty
benign. What about the vinyl particles? Do they biodegrade?

As I said before, over a lifetime I expect we all wash five litres of
emulsion out of rollers and brushes down the drain. Does a litre of
surplus paint in one go constitute an environmental outrage?

If well enough diluted probably not... although the concentration of one
litre disposed of in one session will be far higher than a litre washed
out of a roller over days / weeks.

Yes, but my sewage is merged with that from several thousand households
before it reaches the sewage works. So I doubt if it would be
distinguishable at the far end, especially if done at tea time on a Sunday.