disposal of dirty petrol

[simonineaston]

Hi, at the farm site, we've discovered an old & rusty jerry-can three quarters full of dirty old petrol. So there's say 20 litres thereof. Does anyone have any advice on the subject of safe disposal?

[Jdsk]

Start with the council. But they may say that they won't take it and that you need a private contractor.

Some garages used to do this but I think that has got rarer.

Where are you?

Jonathan

[PDQ Mobile]

If you can filter it really clean you could add fresh petrol, in say equal measure, and older engines would run on it ok.
Or find someone with a petrol/paraffin (TVO)tractor!

[deeferdonk]

Check on the waste website of your council. Mine will take "Small amounts of hazardous household waste such as pesticides, mercury and petrol can be taken to one of our household waste recycling centres (maximum of 5 litres or 5kg)" I can finally get rid of that 5l of mercury i've got knocking around!

Would be a bit annoying to make 4 trips if yours is the same but I would chance my arm, take it all, and hope there was a reasonable person.

Otherwise - next time you are using your local garage - you could maybe ask if they would do you a favour and put it with their waste fluids.

[tim-b]

Your local garage, vehicle recovery organisations, etc. have gallons of the stuff drained out of diesel vehicles.
See if one of them will take it, a freeby maybe if you're a community project?

[simonineaston]

Start with the council. But they may say that they won't take it and that you need a private contractor.
Where are you?

Jonathan

Bristol. I've written to the council, who happen to be the landlord up at the farm. No answer yet, although I have an autoreply.
I did think about filtering & mixing it. We have a big two wheel tractor, which uses a Honda 350cc single which would be an ideal candidate. I think I will figure out a way to handle the fuel safely ie subdividing it between some commonorgarden 5 litre fuel 'cans' and filtering as I go, then mixing it with fresh.

[Jdsk]

Start with the council. But they may say that they won't take it and that you need a private contractor.
Where are you?

Bristol. I've written to the council, who happen to be the landlord up at the farm. No answer yet, although I have an autoreply.
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And I see that you use "farm"... is this agricultural or domestic?

Jonathan

[simonineaston]

It's the unleaded petrol that our small motors run on. Things like the two wheeled tractor with its Honda single cylinder engine, the Stihl weed eater, which has a proprietary 28cc single. The wood chipper (can't help thinking of the gory end to Fargo!) runs off the two wheeled tractor's power take off (pto).
Was up there just now and we're going to go the filter-then-mix route.

[pete75]

Dirty, old petrol. Ewan MacColl could have got a song from that.