disposal of tumbler media after it's gunky?

[yhtomit]

Is the quantity of lead and other unpleasant things picked up from cases in a tumbler by the tumbling or cleaning medium anything to worry about when it comes to disposal? Can it be tossed in normal garbage without setting off some sort of toxic-materials detector? In Pennsylvania, I'm not worried about "getting caught" so much as wondering full stop whether it's a good idea.

Since this is one of the few things to do w/ firearms that I've never heard anyone seeming really worried about, I'm guessing it's about as safe as oatmeal, but since I'm about to go buy some media and clean cases for the very first time, I'd appreciate knowing whether there is in fact anything to worry about when it comes to disposal.

timothy

 

[Ol` Joe]

I`ve never really thought about it. Mine goes out with the fish heads & coffee grounds...............

 

[ilbob]

I don't think there is enough lead to worry about it. Put it in a plastic bag and toss in with the rest of the garbage.

 

[koja48]

Not enough lead to worry about. I bag it securely and throw it in the trash like I do with opaque secured bags of "dog fruit" (Kids were more inclined to do their chores when I referred to it as this as opposed to something else & you gotta LUV Wal*Mart bags!). And we have wussy trash collectors (fully automated, cans within 6" of the curb, no bagged lawn clippings, bagged leaves OK only during select months when the leaves aren't really falling, cardboard cut to specific size, bundled & tied, no pet waste . . . so I trained my Lab to not waste anything . . . ).

 

[eliphalet]

If lead was as much of a problem as we have been led to believe I would have been dead years ago. I've spent no telling the hours with a extra lead pellet in my mouth, to have it available as fast as possible, hunting with a pellet gun as a kid, while living in a area that had heavy smog from using leaded gas, with lead paint on everything. Washing car parts in leaded gas as a teenager working on my old cars. I am in my late 50's and still kicking. Lead isn't good for you but it isn't cyanide either.
Through it in the trash with everything else.

 

[SIRVEYR666]

I usually just dump my used tumbling media into the nearest catch basin in the street, along with my used motor oil. Eventually it will make it to the Great Lakes. Whatever... out of sight, out of mind.



The old car batteries are another story. Those need to be manually placed (thrown) into the lake.

 

[koja48]

If lead was as much of a problem

And don't forget the countless lead split shot we crimped with our teeth, Eliph. Not to mention the "other" auto repair hazards . . . brake shoes, anti-freeze, grease/oil; the mercury we played with in school, or the red meat we've consumed over 50-60 years Someday I expect to pick-up the paper & read that scientists have discovered living on earth is bad for you . . .

 

[wcwhitey]

One day there is going to be a lot of pissed off health freaks when they realize that they are dying from nothing. Could have enjoyed themselves all those years. Forget about saving the earth, save yourself, the earth will be here long after we are all gone.

 

[Unforgiven826]

I usually just dump my used tumbling media into the nearest catch basin in the street, along with my used motor oil. Eventually it will make it to the Great Lakes. Whatever... out of sight, out of mind.



The old car batteries are another story. Those need to be manually placed (thrown) into the lake.

And also remember that when you throw your empty beer cans in the lake fill em up with water first so they sink to the botom.

 

[scrat]

And also remember that when you throw your empty beer cans in the lake fill em up with water first so they sink to the botom.

hahahahahahahahah

 

[jr81452]

you guys are sick

yhtomit if you are realy worried about the lead contaminating the soil at the garbage dump, then you can call your local dump and ask them what they recommend. around here we don't need to worry about it because most bio-degradable things like dumbling meadia are burnt at the power plant.

 

[cheygriz]

Just put it in the trash can. That's what trash cans are for.

And don't worry about "the environment.," It's taken care of itself for many millions of years, and will continue to do so, regardless of the whining and hand wringing of the "green weenies."

 

[mc223]

Lead comes from mines underground. should'nt be an issue to put it back a little at a time.
For those batteries, cut down a perfectly good tree and use the battery to hold it down in the lake. Give fish a home. They just ignore the battery anyway.

 

[Rottweiler]

Eliphalet,

I thought I was the only one who did that with air rifle pellets and split shot while fishing