Disposing of unwanted 25 litre plastic barrels
Discussion
Guys,
I import automatic car wash chemicals and over time have built up, and will continue to build up, a small mountain, numbering well over a hundred, of 25 and 20 litre chemical barrels that have only been used once for transport of non hazardous chemicals such as detergents and waxes.
I have tried to interest recycling companies, who it seems want to charge for their removal even though they then go on to repurpose the the barrels, and even offerred them free to anyone wanting to collect via Gumtree but with no success.
Anyone had a similar problem or got any ideas how to get rid of these barrels as cheaply as possible?
Cheers,
Tony
I import automatic car wash chemicals and over time have built up, and will continue to build up, a small mountain, numbering well over a hundred, of 25 and 20 litre chemical barrels that have only been used once for transport of non hazardous chemicals such as detergents and waxes.
I have tried to interest recycling companies, who it seems want to charge for their removal even though they then go on to repurpose the the barrels, and even offerred them free to anyone wanting to collect via Gumtree but with no success.
Anyone had a similar problem or got any ideas how to get rid of these barrels as cheaply as possible?
Cheers,
Tony
I'd be quite happy giving the feckers away never mind selling them.
I'll try freecycle and if that fails I'll have to see about getting them shredded and dumped into landfill but that just seems so wasteful.
Perfectly good barrels that have made one journey from Belgium or Italy going to landfill. Madness.
Cheers,
Tony
I'll try freecycle and if that fails I'll have to see about getting them shredded and dumped into landfill but that just seems so wasteful.
Perfectly good barrels that have made one journey from Belgium or Italy going to landfill. Madness.
Cheers,
Tony
Freecycle triumphed where the exact same offer (FOC and collection req'd ) on Gumtree failed.
It transpires that the barrels will be cleaned and refilled with various bulk bought items over here and sent back to Africa stacked in shipping containers.
The barrels are Nato standard and stackable so you never know, they could very well ending up in use ferrying water or other stuff around over there.
Far better than being stuck in landfill over here.
I also had two other enquiries after they had gone so I now have alternative avenues for the next load should the African guy not need any more.
Result.
Cheers,
Tony
It transpires that the barrels will be cleaned and refilled with various bulk bought items over here and sent back to Africa stacked in shipping containers.
The barrels are Nato standard and stackable so you never know, they could very well ending up in use ferrying water or other stuff around over there.
Far better than being stuck in landfill over here.
I also had two other enquiries after they had gone so I now have alternative avenues for the next load should the African guy not need any more.
Result.
Cheers,
Tony
Update to the situation we have found a recycling company up north that will take all the barrels we want to dispose of for free as they are granulated for reuse within 30 mins of us dropping them off.
I found a company not 3 miles away that also granulate barrels but the quantities we get rid of at a time, about 200, were deemed to smal for their economies of scale.
Cheers,
Tony
I found a company not 3 miles away that also granulate barrels but the quantities we get rid of at a time, about 200, were deemed to smal for their economies of scale.
Cheers,
Tony
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