liloutlaws

if not where should i be throwing them? sorry noob question

njmaxseltd

iTrader: (19)

If you bring them back you get $0.05 back for recycling.



offer not valid in CA, VA or PA

Zero Deuce SE

I throw mine in the trash. What is your primary concern? Do you have nuclear plugs or something?

DJ2Max

iTrader: (11)

stick em inthe metal recycling bin at least

liloutlaws

where is the metal recyling bin? lol

Zero Deuce SE

Not everybody has those bins in their neighborhood.

njmaxseltd

iTrader: (19)

Most of the plug is made of Ceramic.

DrKlop

iTrader: (3)

I don't think it's environmentally friendly, but to be honest, I wish I didn't have anything else to worry about but how to get rid of old spark plugs...

irish44j

iTrader: (38)

can't be that bad. I just pour dirty oil down the gutters.....




















....not

Matt93SE

iTrader: (44)

hmmm, so when is a bit of ceramic material, zinc plated steel, and a tiny bit of platinum hazardous waste?

you throw away MUCH more hazardous stuff every day out of your kitchen.

Puppetmaster

iTrader: (48)

Edited for truth....

max95q

iTrader: (10)

Isnt your name liloutlaw? Shouldnt it not matter since you are an outlaw and all.

s0ber

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diaf10char.

MDeezy

iTrader: (27)

liloutlaws

sorry some of us are health conscious..no need to bag on others

Frank Fontaine

It's actually not very environmentally friendly to drive when you think about it. We probably justify it by virtue of the fact that it doesn't matter one way or another if there is one more vehicle on the road, burning a gallon of fuel going to and from work each day. Using public transportation every day for the rest of our lives will do more good than the harm throwing away 6 spark plugs every 100,000 does imho.

Stephen Max

iTrader: (59)

I can remember a time when people did this with no compunction whatsoever. It's hard to believe, now.

Frank Fontaine

Not so hard to believe at all. Let me ask rhetorically, those who flush their own radiators, what do you do with the spent coolant? Not only will there be the capacity of the cooling system, but all the water forced through it during the flush?

People use garbage disposals, don't they? Even This Old House shows them installing them for people who can't do it themselves. All that stuff is going into the sewage system. I'm not a plumber, but I love doing stuff myself whenever I have the time. Does anyone have a clue what's happening where the copper 1 1/2 OD meets the cast iron stack? If you did, I'm not sure you'd be putting things down the kitchen sink unless you like cutting the copper, snaking, and then getting out the MAPP gas. Electrolytes is it? Just like cholesterol...

foodmanry

iTrader: (15)

Point taken...but its much harder to spot the coolant than the oil in the grand scheme of things. That's probably why people don't think much of coolant.

WTH? Look man...all of this gets treated before it goes anywhere. And the stuff you are talking about...that is very minimal. Sure we can think about the environment all we want, but you have to weigh the costs vs. the benefits.

Frank Fontaine

Actually, you misunderstood me. I was pointing out that people don't think about pouring anything and everything down the drain. Even with a disposal, eventually that juncture where the copper meets the cast iron will clog. And if you're not handy with the solder and torch, or not ready to cut open your copper to get the cutter in there, get ready to pay the plumber! Pretty stupid when you could simply throw that stuff in the garbage instead of down the drain. Just because This Old House says it's ok....then again, they routinely do 160k kitchen remodels nowadays too on public tv.

It's like eating 100% pure beef burgers and clogging your arteries, when tofu garden lentil patties taste just as good! *lol*

Mizeree_X

iTrader: (9)

I bring it to the recycling center and let them take it.....whether they actually process it or dump it into the nearest river is another question.

aria

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I bring it back to the michanic shop, if they do oil changes they are required by law to take back the oil you bring from your own oil changes.

Frank Fontaine

Good deal, you're doing the right thing. If you go to all that trouble and they pour it in the river, that's not your fault. If it's the Hudson then they're probably giving the sturgeon some needed sustenance.

Try returning anti freeze in a milk container to one of the auto parts chains and see what happens....and this forum tends to hate liberals and laws such as stop when the light is red or photo ticket! Nice laws force them to take motor oil and like it, or they wouldn't take that either...

MrGone

iTrader: (30)

I cut the little cardboard protective rings that come with the plugs in half, staple them to my wall and put the old plugs in them. Kill count ftw!



or you could use them in homemade spud guns or in exhaust pipes to ignite unburnt fuel to make flames

Wolf-Strong

Awsome idea!

nick1595

I throw mine in the metal compost pile in my backyard, BTW, I need 14 more posts before I can start a new thread

vansskaterfreek

iTrader: (14)

i give the oil for my budy to burn in his car shop... his heater burns the oil....

chernmax

iTrader: (15)

Dog **** is not environmentally friendly, dump them in the trash and lock this thread...

maxgtr2000

iTrader: (29)

FTW

Don't you dare get rid of those plugs, one man's trash is another man's treasure.- Fred Sanford

japmaxSE

iTrader: (7)

Try this....
Enriched uranium $23 a pound 5 kilos of U-235, 10 percent U-238 (powder form) and a thick steal tube 1/4 thick 4" long. This will be your secondary chamber for the explosion. 100% Pyrodex black powder for the ejection charge ( to fly it in the air),wadding material, masking tape to seal the tube, old sprk plugs, hobby rocket, 20ft 8 Gage wire, and a car battery.

WARNING
At your own risk.
People may die including yourself.
May cause a code red, Presidents regression
Military actions may ensue.

98MaximaSE4ever

If your worried and don't have recycling bin(s) in your area, bring them to your local auto parts store they should recycle them for you just like they do with used oil.