[TheThinkTank] Disposing of used simple green

[Nathan Pierce]

Oh my God... that is so bad for the ground (and ground
water) and surface runoff when it rains.

Most communities have household hazardous waste
collection facilities, just for these types of
chemicals that are dangerous, bad for the environment,
and they don't want in the landfill.



From,
Nathan


--- troy neiman <troyneiman at myself.com> wrote:

> well, we here at bicas use a sink which drains into
> a bucket.  the used
> simple green usually ends up in there and then we
> pour the bucket, when
> full onto our mesquite tree in front.  i never would
> have thought but we
> have been doing it long before i was involved here. 
> the tree loves it
> and has grown from just a 4 foot shrub into a full
> grown 25 foot tree in
> 5 or 6 years.  maybe simple green, grease and hand
> cleaner act as a
> growth hormones or something.  also we try to
> encourage that people first
> dilute the easy green, use minimal amounts of the
> stuff if soaking parts
> is absolutely necessary and also reuse it if
> possible as many times as we
> can.  troybicas
> 
>   ----- Original Message -----
>   From: "Andy Dyson"
>   To: "The Think Tank"
>   Subject: [TheThinkTank] Disposing of used simple
> green
>   Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2007 19:39:21 -0400
> 
> 
>   Ah, friendly simple green. Such a nice name. Is
> there anything you
>   can
>   do to this stuff to feel better about disposing of
> it. What do you
>   guys
>   do? .
> 
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