disposing of tub

[mikethetile]

I ve been having a clear out and have a load of part used paint tins to dispose of

ive put them to one side as they can no longer be skipped as they are in their liquid state and may find their way from. the landfill into the water table
so i have two choices I can pay to dispose of them through the waste management site or I can pay again and buy paint solidifier and once solidified I can skip them

so where does tub come under these regulations, its not a solid and breaks down and emulsifies if wet
surely this cant be disposed of through the landfill and therefore cant be skipped

has anyone heard anything about this

or is it pick on the painters again

we are already responsible for global warming

 

[Deleted member 9966]

have you ever heard of Freegle Mike? If the paint is part used but still useable, why don't you try giving it away?

I've let left over adhesive go solid and then skipped it with rubble and broken tiles before now. Not sure if that's the right thing to do, but I'm only a DIYer.

 

[mikethetile]

no I havent Liz
see you know everything
I was going to put out the front with a note on it for any who wanted it but I was worried about the local kids

the hse has really cracked down on this and I may have to show my method of disposing of unused paint

I was asking if any tilers have heard from the hse on disposing of tub

 

[Deleted member 9966]

no I havent Liz
see you know everything
I was going to put out the front with a note on it for any who wanted it but I was worried about the local kids

the hse has really cracked down on this and I may have to show my method of disposing of unused paint

I was asking if any tilers have heard from the hse on disposing of tub

Yep :lol:

 

[brian c]

put it in a skip.

 

[mikethetile]

put it in a skip.

I take it no one has been told otherwise

its pick on a painter time again

apparently painters in the uk have ben destroying the ozone by opening too many pots of paint and releasing volatile organic compounds into the atmosphere

they have removed the vocs from the paint and left us with rubbish to work with

now we are killing fish , so we cant dispose of liquid paint into a skip and have to make it inert

im waiting for them to insist we have a special area with settlement tanks to wash our brushes out

it makes you want to have a smoke but you cant do that at work now either

 

[Olz]

Take it to the local tip, in a private car, they will dispose of it for you, well, they do at my local tips anyway, they have a seperate skip for paint, no charge, no hassle, just like taking any other rubbish, Just dont go in the van if you dont want to pay.

Youd be suprised what you can take, my local tip accept asbestos sheets if you double wrap it in polythene.

 

[jamie B]

As above..they have special bins at the tip...my local tip are absolutely ace..take everything..even from a van..never any hassle..and they let me take a few meters of boxed parquet flooring from the wood skip..diamond fellas!

 

[White Room]

We had get rid of some 2 part epoxy paint but had to mix up so it became solid

 

[Daz]

My local Buildbase do a product made by Dulux that solidifies the paint and makes it suitable for landfill disposal. Not sure what it is called but, apparently, it does what it says on the tin.