TimR wrote:

On Monday, August 3, 2020 at 5:15:31 PM UTC-4, wrote:

Right next to the bay where they sell new tubes, HD have a cover in
plastic with one removable end cap. Its slightly bigger in diameter
than the tube. You take off the removable end, slide the old tube in,
replace the removable cap, put it over a garbage bin, hit the cover
with a hammer, the tube shatters, take off the removable end, and
finally pour the (by now tiny) shards of class into the bin. There
seems to be a little smoke or maybe dust. You could put on a hazmat
suit and a respirator if you're a real wuss. The garbage bin empties
into a black bag which is compacted by the garbage truck together with
hundreds of other peoples' garbage and goes (guess) to a landfill in
some flyover state.

I've heard of that, but.............have you actually tried it?

Of course. I was actually surprised at the question arising. I thought
everybody did it that way. Many years ago I was disposing of tubes by
taking a batch of them to the garbage truck (not in a bag) and the
garbage guy told me that the problem was that they might shatter in
their face but if I wanted to put them in the truck go ahead. Well
that's a real risk so the next time I had a bunch I looked around for
a solution, hence the cover.

I had a similar reaction to dumping out a batch of old paint cans
containing paint residue. He said just put them in black bags and seal
them up.

Similar for batteries (not lead acid). I actually carried some to the
recycling bin at Lowes (or HD). My batteries were the only ones in the
box. I kept an eye out and I NEVER saw anyone else put anything in the
boxes.



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