Proper disposal of cracked tank

[bguile]

Does anyone know if there is a "proper" way to dispose of a tank that has cracked? Its a 40G breeder that has an arched crack right in the center. Should I just break the rest into little pieces and put with regular trash or is this too much glass to be considered normal and she be disposed of through special means?

[John Hamilton]

Man if it were mine I would break it into small pieces and toss it in the garbage disposal when needed. I put glass into mine every once in a while, it keeps it really clean.

[bguile]

Man if it were mine I would break it into small pieces and toss it in the garbage disposal when needed. I put glass into mine every once in a while, it keeps it really clean.

Seriously?? How so?

[John Hamilton]

Seriously?? How so?

My disposal runs at 1900 RPM, pulverising the glass into thousands of little shards cutting, and scraping the food and gunk that is stuck to the surfaces. Whenever I toss something in like fresh andimal products and I hear that it has not been properly disposed of, in goes a piece of glass and cleans it right up.

[gregb]

The local wild fish will be all cut up to hear that.

[bguile]

Sounds interesting. However, since I'm in the process of selling my house I think I'll go with the trash option and avoid Murphy's law altogether with the garbage disposal. It'd just be my luck...

[John Hamilton]

The local wild fish will be all cut up to hear that.

It will never reach them. When waste water is treated, it is cleaner than the natural body of water (lake or river) it is being introduced into.

[bguile]

yeah...he's right. I used to work at a waste water treatment plant. There is different sewer drainage than from home drainage, at least here anyways. The stuff i've seen in the waste water is quite disgusting and the filtration process is truly amazing to get a lot of that stuff out. The glass would more likely end up in your backyard garden before it would harm any wildlife.

[BubbaWPB]

Our local recycle bins take any colored glass for recycling. That's where I'd put it.

[bguile]

ahh..recycling. Good idea. I'm ashamed I didn't think of it.

[gregb]

How would it get into my garden?

[BubbaWPB]

How would it get into my garden?

??????? Get what into your garden and why? I'm confused.

[vtec si]

Man if it were mine I would break it into small pieces and toss it in the garbage disposal when needed. I put glass into mine every once in a while, it keeps it really clean.

Most will say just use ice, does the same!

[bguile]

I meant as fertilizer. By the time is pulverized it's so fine you'd never know there was glass in your fertilizer.