I hate to see an old barn go down, but mother nature forced this one. She was trying to push it down herself. You just gained a big footprint of ground
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Originally Posted by Stocker
Old paint is hazardous waste here, too. California, go figure....  |
My comment was tongue & cheek. I guess old paint cans are called hazardous waste in all states. I just find it ironic that the remains of a can are hazardous waste while full cans line the shelves at stores and there is nothing to stop a 6 year old from buying a can. I'm saying they sure use the term hazardous waste loosely. I wasn't sure what the status was for old paint cans but I had heard of a real stringent and "forward moving" local county landfill that tears open trash bags to see if any paint cans are in and rejects those. I figure they like to see them tossed on the side of the road. I've always tossed them in my curbside garbage container and never had a problem. I see people put sawdust in to absorb the fluid.
Here's my peeve. If they are so concerned about excess paint being hazardous waste, then why has it gotten to where buying two quarts costs about what a gallon does? It used to take three, quarts went up. So now, for economics it makes more sense to buy the gallon if you 'might' need to get into the third qt. Environmentally, that has created an excess of waste paint, a lot of half gallons (or more) get tossed