Gas bottle disposal. Please help ?

[Stevo]

Hey guys, i have a old lpg tank here, as well as 2 old bbq gas bottles that i want to get rid of (throw out).

Is there somewhere i can take them without paying through the nose ?
Im in victoria.

Im not 100% sure on the price of taking them to my local tip, but at a guess it would be rediculous.

ta!
steve

[LUXO_8]

Originally Posted by Stevo

Hey guys, i have a old lpg tank here, as well as 2 old bbq gas bottles that i want to get rid of (throw out).

Is there somewhere i can take them without paying through the nose ?
Im in victoria.

Im not 100% sure on the price of taking them to my local tip, but at a guess it would be rediculous.

ta!
steve

not sure on the lpg tank but the bbq bottles you might be able to go to one of the bottle exchanges at a servo.....where you swap yours for a good full bottle?? i dont know if they accept not in date bottles but it'd be worth checking

[pertuan]

Originally Posted by MADNC_8

not sure on the lpg tank but the bbq bottles you might be able to go to one of the bottle exchanges at a servo.....where you swap yours for a good full bottle?? i dont know if they accept not in date bottles but it'd be worth checking

At my local servo, I am 90% certain that they take old bottles in. But you have to pay the full price for a new one as if you didnt have one to swap.

[wulos]

How bout taking into your local scrap metal merchant?? Never know they may end up paying you some loose change to take em off your hands.

[Dezza]

I just got a new gas bottle for the BBQ I was recently given, because the old gas bottle was 10 years out of date, and therefore couldn't be swapped. When I bought the new bottle at Bunnings, I took the old one in to make sure the new one had the right fitting. Bunnings then took the old one and are going to dispose of it. So I'd suggest you take them to Bunnings

[Stevo]

cool thanks for the replies guys.
i dont want to swap them for new ones, and yeah they are 10-20 years old at a guess lol.

[DJM83]

something funny speaking of gas bottles i was watching Worlds wildest videos on Austar and they had a guy goin to the GP in melb afew years back anyhow he was pulled over and a fire started under his bonnet cops opened it put out fire and there was a "boiling" bottle of engine oil and a LPG cylinder, Stevo jyst put it under your bonnet and drive around. Anyway back on topic

[AC/DC]

Dump em in an industrial bin behind some store ! ! ! !

( yep, , thats the wrong thing to do, , but its easy ! )

[DA68ZA]

Originally Posted by wulos

How bout taking into your local scrap metal merchant?? Never know they may end up paying you some loose change to take em off your hands.

Wont take them unless they are certified gas free and have a hole punched in them .


In nsw dont know about elswere .

[ltd]

Originally Posted by AC/DC

Dump em in an industrial bin behind some store ! ! ! !

( yep, , thats the wrong thing to do, , but its easy ! )

Very irresponsible. Furthermore, you admit it's wrong yet still advocate doing it. If you can't afford to go to a tip or do the right thing then you need to cut back on some of your excesses. I had some tool dump stuff outside our factory, and I caught the bastard as I was driving down the street and he was coming out of my driveway. Followed him to his house, where I then called the police and had the cheap skate loser charged. Why did I do it? Well, that's best answered by asking this; how would you react if you found someone had dumped a truckload of rubbish at your place?
It's not a victimless crime, and its a further erosion of civility in our society where self absorption is becoming the leading trait. Someone has to pay for the removal, and by making your problem someone elses with no regard for anyone else it just looks like you lack any form of responsibility or maturity or worse, that you are just a selfish ********.

Additionally, illegal dumping has got some serious fines applied to it; not to mention that lpg bottles are also illegal to dispose of in that way. The compactor trucks that pick up these bins compress the load and thats when gas bottles explode under pressure. For the damage you can potentially cause the truck, as well as the fire hazard, you'd really have to be as dumb as a sack of hammers to dipose of them this way. Furthermore, in the off chance they explode the company will in fact pursue the case forensically as a formality required by the insurance company. This means you.
I know of a case where a serial dumper was caught, forced to pay a massive fine and then had to pay for the repairs to the truck. In true fashion he declared himself bankrupt.

Ring your local tip and ask what their disposal fees are, as the only safe way to dispose of used gas bottles is to have them decommissioned by a professional. When you drop the tanks off they are removed by a company that treats them like they are full, and wisely has the facilities to capture the remaining gas, rather than just venting it out in the open. Old tanks are then drilled and deemed safe to be treated as scrap metal.
Most tips do not charge for gas bottles.

[V8R]

geez, nice rant there....

take your bbq bottles to the local swap and go place, they will take them.. as for the lpg cyl., maybe drop it off for your local gas fitter?

[[Tonko]]

bring the LPG tank to our place and i'll put it in the paddock and shoot a hole in it... always fun...
BBQ bottles can be taken to swap and go...

[Maximus]

With the two bbq bottles, take them to bunnings, and get them swapped for full new bottles for around $26. then give them to some or keep them for your use.

[eb91xr6]

someones front yard at 2 am, great to watch the next moning next door

[AC/DC]

Havent you dumped em yet !

Take em to Cash Convertors and ask for 20c ! ! !

hide em in a skip !

Dump em at a building site....

Leave em a the Salvos door as a donation...

Donate them to a garage sale....

but be careful not to "erode the civil nature of our society"

AC/DC

[Reign]

you can swap them, they couldn't care less how old they are (in WA anyway).

[ssb2005]

we made a awesome weber our a ford LPG tank, remember to fill them with steam when cutting them..........

Ring your local council. They normally have a dangerous goods drop-off every quarter in a council carpark.

You can also drop off used motor oil(for those with bottles of the stuff at home), old contaminated paints etc.