Technical How do you dispose of used antifreeze?

Wow!!

 

I hope you realize this is a joke. I don't even have a mother in law...

 

That's what happens when you give them antifreeze!

 

A nuclear engineer that used to work for me always said; “the solution to pollution is dilution”. Lol!
He also called out stuff from sub-par vendors as “billybobbananaboatfactory”. Haha! Still makes me laugh…

 

No, don't commit animal cruelty.

 

I just put it in all the old cars I have sitting around - 'till they actually get used someday... projects-in-waiting.
Another use is ~1-2 gal in a 5gal bucket used as a homemade mouse catcher. Dead bodies don't rot in antifreeze, just don't want the cat to get into it. F'n mice never seen to go & stay away...
Marcus...

 

I used to live near a water treatment plant, and every weekend they would have free dropoff for oil and anything else. I once had several gallons that had oil, diesel, grease, coolant, water, brake fluid and probably mud from when I was rebuilding an old jeep. I would just slide a 3 foot wide paint mixing tray under the vehicle while draining things. I told them "Anything that can come from a vehicle, ended up in here". They smiled and said "No problem, we'll take it!"

 

I'm on am acreage but only about 10 minutes from a recycle center in town. All my used oil and antifreeze goes to the recycle center. I grew up with my dad using it for "dust control" around the yard, but taking it to the recycle center leaves me with zero guilt.

 

My dad was a farmer in South Dakota most of his life and never ever would put it on the ground. Look back, it probably got put into the shop furnace

 

I had to take an o/t car for smog the other day, and actually asked the local shop about this on a whim. They told me to just bring the coolant by and they would dispose of however much I needed to get rid of.

 

Just a friendly suggestion for all who have fouled coolant issues, run a coolant filter! After a few days your coolant will be much clearer and then you just have to drain and fill. No flushing required!

 

Finally found a hazardous waste event nearby that will take it this coming Saturday.

 

Just don't turn up in your avatar or they might crush it if you turn your back for too long.

 

@Adriatic Machine,

I had never heard of such a thing so I Googled it. Who knew?

 

OK; I'm going to hijack my own thread. There appear to be sizes of coolant filters to go in the upper radiator hose and in the heater hose.

Would one work as well as the other? i.e., does one work better?

 

Just be aware they can clog rather quickly depending on how much debris is floating around in there. I ran the full size spin-on through the heater hose so if it gets clogged it wouldn’t overheat.

 

Most heavy duty diesel engines have coolant filters on them. Some of the coolant filters that are used on diesel engines have SCA’s (Supplemental Coolant Additives) in them. If you are going to plumb in a coolant filter, be sure to get one without SCA’s. If you are looking for a kit, ( base, filter, hoses, shut off valves), look up a coolant filter kit for a Ford 6.0 Powerstroke Diesel. Yes, I know it’s O/T, but it’s for an On Topic application.

 

I have a water filled lawn roller. Except it is half filled with antifreeze. I also have no pets, so there is a antifreeze varmint trap in all my out buildings. I have to clean them about every two years, and refill with more used antifreeze.

Bucket Mouse Trap