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Where to dispose of unmarked chemicals

  • 03-03-2016 10:32am
    #1
    skoger
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 193 ✭✭


    Cleared out a shed of my uncle's and found a few jars of some sort of liquid in them. There's no label of any kind on the jars and they're probably lying there for the guts of 40 years. At a guess, it's MCPA or something similar. Any idea where I can get rid of them? I know Teagasc had of couple of days last year where you could bring unused or unwanted chemicals but they had to be in their original containers and clearly marked. Suppose I could send a sample of to a lab to find out what it is. Where would I send the sample?

    Thanks for any help you's can come up with.


Comments

  • #2
    Miall108
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 433 ✭✭Miall108


    Throw them in the river


  • #3
    orm0nd
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,275 ✭✭✭orm0nd


    Miall108 wrote: »
    Throw them in the river

    Stupid idiotic advise,

    @ op maybe give the HSA a ring


  • #4
    ganmo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,748 ✭✭✭ganmo


    orm0nd wrote: »
    Stupid idiotic advise,

    @ op maybe give the HSA a ring

    that or the EPA not sure who's it is


  • #5
    djmc
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,611 ✭✭✭djmc


    Google hazardous waste and you will find a place near you that takes it
    There are also collection points at Mart's around the country at certain times of the year.
    Spraying it ata very diluted rate during dry weather might be ok but don't let it anywhere near a water course a few milliliters can contaminate over 60 km of a river


  • #6
    greysides
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 9,041 Mod ✭✭✭✭greysides


    djmc wrote: »
    Google hazardous waste and you will find a place near you that takes it
    There are also collection points at Mart's around the country at certain times of the year.
    Spraying it ata very diluted rate during dry weather might be ok but don't let it anywhere near a water course a few milliliters can contaminate over 60 km of a river


    I can't help thinking that while it's most likely an agricultural chemical of some type while it's identity is unknown the first two points are safer than the third.

    The aim of argument, or of discussion, should not be victory, but progress. Joseph Joubert

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  • #7
    Nekarsulm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,264 ✭✭✭✭Nekarsulm


    djmc wrote: »
    a few milliliters can contaminate over 60 km of a river

    Now there's is a man who sat through the same Sprayer course as I did !


  • #8
    J.O. Farmer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,537 ✭✭✭J.O. Farmer


    Nekarsulm wrote: »
    Now there's is a man who sat through the same Sprayer course as I did !

    It's impressive that ye retained the information. I'd say most people see it as a box ticking exercise.


  • #9
    davidk1394
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,221 ✭✭✭davidk1394


    djmc wrote: »
    Google hazardous waste and you will find a place near you that takes it
    There are also collection points at Mart's around the country at certain times of the year.
    Spraying it ata very diluted rate during dry weather might be ok but don't let it anywhere near a water course a few milliliters can contaminate over 60 km of a river

    We brought stuff to our local mart just before Christmas. It was only a few old cans of spray and paint and about 6 oil filters everything fitted in the back of the caddy. It cost €100 to dispose of it , the feeling of doing something good for the environment wasn't long about wearing off. I felt sorry for the poor lads who brought trailer loads of stuff


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