Why recycle antifreeze?
Dumping waste antifreeze may be illegal: waste antifreeze may
contain heavy metals such as lead, cadmium, and chromium in
high enough levels to make it a regulated hazardous waste. A hazardous
waste may never be dumped on land or discharged into a
sanitary sewer, storm drain, ditch, dry well or septic system.
It’s Cost-Effective: recycled antifreeze is less expensive than virgin
antifreeze.
It Saves Resources: ethylene glycol is produced from natural gas,
a non-renewable resource.
Waste antifreeze should be recycled either I) in an on-site
unit, 2) by a mobile service, or 3) off-site.
Many sewage treatment agencies responsible
for wastewater treatment discourage
or forbid waste antifreeze disposal into
sanitary sewers.
Waste antifreeze should never be disposed of down storm drains or
into surface waters because it causes serious water quality problems
and may harm people, pets or wildlife. Doing so is illegal and punishable
by fines of up to $25,000.