Mercury Disposal

[huntr1]

After reading the following article on WTOP CDC: Antiques Can Pose Mercury Hazard, I got to wondering what the proper disposal method was for mercury. Anybody know?

 

[Chainsaw Slayer]

what the proper disposal method was for mercury. Anybody know?

Swallow it.

 

[Larry Gude]

I think...

After reading the following article on WTOP CDC: Antiques Can Pose Mercury Hazard, I got to wondering what the proper disposal method was for mercury. Anybody know?

...the DC school system has a donation program.

:shrug:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A47535-2005Feb23.html

 

[aps45819]

Gotta think that "proper" disposal is gonna cost you big $$, even for an old thermometer

 

[Chain729]

Like everything else you need to get rid of...

stick it on the hangar deck, it'll be gone by lunch.

 

[MMDad]

http://www.mde.state.md.us/Programs/LandPrograms/Hazardous_Waste/mercury/index.asp

 

[Steve]

The new fluorescent lightbulbs (the 'curly-cew' ones) contain five grams of mecury in the base. That's five standard paperclips' worth.

Smash the bulb and you'll be alright. Take some pinching shears to the base and you'll find the mercury. As legend tells, touch the mercury and you will die. Not true.

Mercury is used in gold production every day. It can be touched; it's not a 'contact poison' that urban legend has made it out to be.

But it should not be ingested, inhaled, whatever. But neither should iron, or chromium, or silver. Check the Periodic Table of the Elements. Mercury has no mystery...

 

[huntr1]

http://www.mde.state.md.us/Programs/LandPrograms/Hazardous_Waste/mercury/index.asp

Thanks for the link. Unfortunately, it was nearly useless. Gotta love MD gooberment. The calendar had nothing on it. Only thing of use I found was the statement to call your county to see if they are having a hazardous waste pickup day. Since we don't have municiple trash pick up, I doubt it applies to us.

 

[MMDad]

Thanks for the link. Unfortunately, it was nearly useless. Gotta love MD gooberment. The calendar had nothing on it. Only thing of use I found was the statement to call your county to see if they are having a hazardous waste pickup day. Since we don't have municiple trash pick up, I doubt it applies to us.

If you're talking St. Mary's, here's the release for last year: http://www.co.saint-marys.md.us/docs/press/releases/pressrelease.asp?id=748

I haven't seen one for this year yet.

 

[Lenny]

After reading the following article on WTOP CDC: Antiques Can Pose Mercury Hazard, I got to wondering what the proper disposal method was for mercury. Anybody know?

Put it in a small dark glass medicine bottle with a tight cap on it. Put it on the back part of a high-up shelf in your closet. Leave it there for your heirs to deal with when you die of natural causes.

 

[desertrat]

Keep it, it'll be worth a lot of money someday.

 

[huntr1]

Put it in a small dark glass medicine bottle with a tight cap on it. Put it on the back part of a high-up shelf in your closet. Leave it there for your heirs to deal with when you die of natural causes.

You've seen the bottle of mercury my father gave me when they moved to Ga.?
He didn't want to throw it in the trash, and didn't know how to dispose of it, so he gave it to me to dispose of. I have it in a box filled with packing material, stored where it'll be safe away from the kids. I remember playing with the mercury when I was a kid. Explains alot, doesn't it.

 

[desertrat]

You've seen the bottle of mercury my father gave me when they moved to Ga.?
He didn't want to throw it in the trash, and didn't know how to dispose of it, so he gave it to me to dispose of. I have it in a box filled with packing material, stored where it'll be safe away from the kids. I remember playing with the mercury when I was a kid. Explains alot, doesn't it.

I had a few pounds of the stuff years ago from an unnamed source. Used to dip into it and let it swirl around in my hand. Felt cool. It's the vapor thats really bad.