Where/how to dispose of old gasoline

[FairyChatMom]

As background - we've been in our house for just under a year. Last weekend, we decided to clean out and organize one of the sheds in the yard. The previous owners had left a bunch of stuff in it, and we dumped a bunch more in and shut the doors.

So, as we emptied it of our junk and theirs, we uncovered 7 (count 'em 7!) cans, mostly 5 gallon Thompson's Water Seal cans, labeled "87 Octane Gasoline" with dates as old as 1998. Apparently, we had a huge potential fireball in the back yard.

I know better than to dump the stuff on the ground, and I'm disinclined to pour it into my van's fuel tank, or even into the mower. Still, at today's prices, there's a few dollars' worth of gas... No, not gonna be too frugal - the gas, or whatever it is, must go.

Where? I know the convenience centers accept old oil, but not gas. I'm not going to pour it out or burn it. I want an environmentally responsible way of disposing of it. Any ideas or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

[Ponytail]

Don't you have a lawn mower?

If you still don't want it, send some directions my way and I'll pick it up this weekend.

[thakidistight]

I would not put it in my car and as long as you dont have a really expensive John Deere tractor I say put it in the tractor. Or let me have it and I will put it in my mower.

[baileydog]

Jeez, enviormentalists!!!!! I say lets have a BON FIRE.

[huntr1]

It is fine to use in your mower. Worst case scenario, you will need to mix the oldest gas with some newer gas, but I doubt it. In fact, I used some gas that had been sitting in a dead jet ski for atleast 5 years in my mower last year. It worked ok.

[thakidistight]

Originally Posted by baileydog

Jeez, enviormentalists!!!!! I say lets have a BON FIRE.

yeah gimmie the gas and we weill have a forumite BBQ

[FairyChatMom]

No kidding? I was always of the impression that if gas was over a year old or so, it wasn't advisable to use it. So maybe I'll mix it with fresh gas and use it to mow...

[Ponytail]

Originally Posted by thakidistight

yeah gimmie the gas and we weill have a forumite BBQ

:EddyMurphy: "Now THAT's a fire!!!"

[huntr1]

Originally Posted by FairyChatMom

No kidding? I was always of the impression that if gas was over a year old or so, it wasn't advisable to use it. So maybe I'll mix it with fresh gas and use it to mow...

Yup, not a problem in a motor as old (in design) as a mower. I wouldn't use it in a modern car, but would in a mower, chainsaw, go-cart etc.

[Mikeinsmd]

Pour it into quart bottles, strap it on Kerry/Dean/Hillary/Moore/war passivists' supporters and point them to the nearest open flame........