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Safe disposal of treble hooks

  • 29-08-2011 03:17PM
    #1
    rtmie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 501 ✭✭✭


    Hi,
    I was clearing out my late father's house and found a couple of bags of treble hooks, the type that would have been used in shrimp mounts (i.e. staright point at the top , not a loop), so no use for fixing up lures.

    I don't want to just chuck 'em in the bin for environmental reasons. Does any one know of a safe way of disposing of them (don't know if I have time to file them down 1 by 1 !!).

    Or alternatively if someone thinks they can use them (they are unused) ...


    Also there are a good few spools of old nylon. anyone know what the story with recyling fishing nylon?

    Rgds

    Rob


Comments

  • #2
    beer enigma
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,276 ✭✭✭beer enigma


    If you're not going to use them, the best way is to hammer them flat


  • #3
    spaceHopper
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,181 ✭✭✭spaceHopper


    Sorry about your Dad.

    If you are going to get rid of the line please burn it or if you don't want the fumes / smoke then pull it off the spools and cut it with strong electrical snips or sisors. You don't want it blowing around a land fill and ending up wrapped around birds legs....

    You could drop the lot into a fishing tackle shop they can give them ways for a donation to the RNLI box.


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