Disposing of paint tins

[sean_jackson]

I use a lot of 5 litre paint tins in my workshop, I crush them flat and box them up, my local public recycling centre won't take the metal as it's obviously derived from business use. my local recycling company won't accept them as they are ferrous/stainless steel apparently. Even the mobile scrap guy leaves them - taking other metal i've left out. Does anyone know the 'correct' way of disposing of them? I know you can pay at a commercial tip to dispose of your commercial waste so is that the only option? What do any of you guys getting through a lot of metal containers do please? :|

 

[RobinBHM]

I leave mine out and the scrap man takes them.

 

[Phil Pascoe]

Crush them flat and put them in a supermarket recycle skip. Not orthodox, maybe, but it gets shot.

 

[mailee]

Fly tip em! :lol: The local council recycling centres get worse day by day. :roll: Mine wouldn't take two boxes of ceramic tiles when I tried to get rid of them in the van. They did say I could dispose of them for £9 or take them in the boot of my car! I don't own a car. :roll:

 

[RogerP]

I remember a report of a chap who made up a load of rubbish into nice brown paper parcels then left them on the seat of his unlocked car parked in a multi-storey car park for a few hours whilst he went shopping. They'd all gone when he returned.

 

[Alex H]

I remember a report of a chap who made up a load of rubbish into nice brown paper parcels then left them on the seat of his unlocked car parked in a multi-storey car park for a few hours whilst he went shopping. They'd all gone when he returned.

=D> =D> =D>

 

[hansonread]

Are they Morrells tins by any chance?

Do you use solvent based or water based paints?

 

[sean_jackson]

thanks for all that input, seem my scrap guys are fussy, and yes they are mainly morrells tins.

 

[hansonread]

Solvent based or water based?

 

[sean_jackson]

sorry, both water and solvent, why?

 

[hansonread]

Ahh, well as long as you have washed out the water based tins, then they are no longer covered under cosh (although the water you wash the tins out with is still covered by cosh and should be disposed of via a registered wast carrier) ((yeh right))

Any washed out water based tins should be taken by any scrap company, they may well want you to prove that they have been washed. Normally I do this by cutting them in half, usually with a machete I bought for this specific purpose. This has the added bonus that you get beer tokens in return.

The the exact same thing applies to solvent based tins, except that you need specialist equipment to wash them out. Unwashed solvent or oil based paint cans are classed as hazardous waste that you have to have a special licence to dispose of, hence why most scrap men and scrap yards wont take them.

http://www.paintservices.com/paint-can-washer/ you may find this usefull.