DE blades disposal.

[Carlo A]

Good day everyone.

I was wondering today how to dispose of my DE blades.
These def. can be recycled but, do they go with scrap metal (waste car parts) or in the household recycle bin?

i.e.: Do i put them along with tuna and food cans, or do I take them to a local scrap metal area?

I care about proper disposal of these.

What do you guys do?

Cheers.

 

[GDCarrington]

Try this thread.

http://badgerandblade.com/vb/showthread.php?t=54746&highlight=blade+bank

 

[TxPhoto09]

It seemed to me that the OP was asking more how to dispose of the contents of the blade bank, rather than what to do with the blades when he takes them out of the razor.

ICOCBW.

Phil

 

[Troggie]

You may need to check with your local recyclers. I know around here I can not put them in my standard recycling due to the possible biohazard issues. Haven't checked with the local metal recyclers just because they only look at lbs of metal and the blades are about the only scrap metal I have around the house.

 

[ackvil]

Out here the waste authority asks that they NOT be recycled since they consider them dangerous. It's OK to put them in a landfill - but they are concerned about sorting them in the recycling process.

 

[GDCarrington]

Out here the waste authority asks that they NOT be recycled since they consider them dangerous. It's OK to put them in a landfill - but they are concerned about sorting them in the recycling process.

There is a potential blood borne issues with old blades so that is why you should trash them.

 

[DamnFineBob]

I don't have a guilty conscious about trashing them. They'll breakdown to iron oxide within 10 years, while the Mach III plastic bits will last for 1000.

 

[Xezmer]

It seemed to me that the OP was asking more how to dispose of the contents of the blade bank, rather than what to do with the blades when he takes them out of the razor.

ICOCBW.

Phil

abbreviations abuser

 

[Carlo A]

Try this thread.

http://badgerandblade.com/vb/showthread.php?t=54746&highlight=blade+bank

It seemed to me that the OP was asking more how to dispose of the contents of the blade bank, rather than what to do with the blades when he takes them out of the razor.

The thread was interesting to read but, as Tx said, I am concerned about where to dispose of them. And a landfill seems a bad idea for me. I will check with metal scrappers and my recycling facility.

why toss them when they can be melted and reused? Seriously!

 

[Cameron_Talley]

Take them to the hospital/Dr.'s office and ask the nurse to dump them in their "Sharps" box?

 

[Bullwinkle]

Take them to the hospital/Dr.'s office and ask the nurse to dump them in their "Sharps" box?

+1 exactly! they are considered a biohazard waste

 

[Carlo A]

Take them to the hospital/Dr.'s office and ask the nurse to dump them in their "Sharps" box?

smart but too much hassle. I assume they will refuse because they don't trust the source of usage: they cannot trust me. The blades could be infected with airborne viruses etc.

So I don't think I will do this method.

 

[GDCarrington]

You may need to check with your local recyclers. I know around here I can not put them in my standard recycling due to the possible biohazard issues. Haven't checked with the local metal recyclers just because they only look at lbs of metal and the blades are about the only scrap metal I have around the house.

+1 on this comment because they do not want to run the risk of dealing with blood borne pathogens and the medical sharps may be incinerated to prevent contact with blood.

 

[Stubble Face Killah]

The thread was interesting to read but, as Tx said, I am concerned about where to dispose of them. And a landfill seems a bad idea for me. I will check with metal scrappers and my recycling facility.

why toss them when they can be melted and reused? Seriously!

Why is a landfill a bad idea? Those things are so thin, they'll rust pretty fast. It's so little metal it would be a drop in the bucket for recycling. Let it go back to the earth. In old houses, there are slots behind the bathroom mirrors where you would just stick your blade and it would fall into the wall to rust into nothingness. I would say, don't try to be a hero. Let Mother Nature take her course.

 

[Carlo A]

+1 on this comment because they do not want to run the risk of dealing with blood borne pathogens and the medical sharps may be incinerated to prevent contact with blood.

So what do you think of sending them to the hospital?

 

[Carlo A]

Why is a landfill a bad idea? Those things are so thin, they'll rust pretty fast. It's so little metal it would be a drop in the bucket for recycling. Let it go back to the earth. In old houses, there are slots behind the bathroom mirrors where you would just stick your blade and it would fall into the wall to rust into nothingness. I would say, don't try to be a hero. Let Mother Nature take her course.

hmmmmmm.... Maybe that would be my final option. I'll see.

 

[GDCarrington]

So what do you think of sending them to the hospital?

If you were a hospital administrator and received a call from someone that you had never been in contact with, requesting that they dispose your DE blades with their sharps, how would you think that person would react? What steps may they take that you had not planned on? If you have a personal physician you might want to ask him or her that question instead, otherwise the landfill is not a bad option since it goes back to the earth.

 

[Go West Young Man]

If you were a hospital administrator and received a call from someone that you had never been in contact with, requesting that they dispose your DE blades with their sharps, how would you think that person would react? What steps may they take that you had not planned on? If you have a personal physician you might want to ask him or her that question instead, otherwise the landfill is not a bad option since it goes back to the earth.

Most hospitals gladly accept "donations" to their sharps boxes. That's the point of a sharps box - hazardous materials go directly into the box and are permanently sealed in so no-one ever touches them. They would much rather you dropped your needles/blades/whatever there than tossed them in the trash.

 

[thrown.clear]

You could always buy a "sharps container" of your own. I got one from my vet (my cat's diabetic and receives injections.) Once they are filled they can be safely closed (this "locks" them) and brought to a vet, doctor, hospital, etc. for disposal (you can ask your pharmacist where to drop one off). They're pretty big. I would think it would take a couple of years to fill one up.

 

[instpasr]

I'm for giving them back to Gaia in the form of rust in a few years, after all she was kind enough to loan the ore to us to forge the blades.