Mercury Disposal

SpeedFreak · 27 Oct 2014 at 19:04

I have come across a mercury tilt switch when disposing of an old door bell. Any suggestions on how I can get rid of this safely? Bristol and South Glos council sites have yielded nothing useful.

snips86x · 27 Oct 2014 at 19:05

Where do you work? Do they have a hazardous waste disposal process you could use?

Mynight · 27 Oct 2014 at 19:05

edit: never mind url was useless.

Scuzi · 27 Oct 2014 at 19:05

To quote an old member who's name escapes me....

Put it through someones letterbox and shout "Are you John Connor?"

Jokester · 27 Oct 2014 at 19:06

I would take it to the council tip and put it in with the flourescent tubes. Check with the guys there to be sure (I doubt they'll know to be honest!).

Shotgun_ned · 27 Oct 2014 at 19:06

Scuzi said:
To quote an old member who's name escapes me....

Put it through someones letterbox and shout "Are you John Connor?"

The same thing popped into my head as well

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SpeedFreak · 27 Oct 2014 at 19:08

snips86x said:
Where do you work? Do they have a hazardous waste disposal process you could use?

unlikely lol

Jokester said:
I would take it to the council tip and put it in with the flourescent tubes. Check with the guys there to be sure (I doubt they'll know to be honest!).

Fair shout, I'll do that at the weekend.

Funny that a doorbell here has a mercury tilt switch. Growing up in NI I once tried to get one for a technology project. It took about 3 months to get clearance lol.

deusexlumina · 27 Oct 2014 at 19:09

Scuzi said:
To quote an old member who's name escapes me....

Put it through someones letterbox and shout "Are you John Connor?"

This is the best thing I've read in a long time

SpeedFreak · 27 Oct 2014 at 19:09

Mynight said:
edit: never mind url was useless.

As noted in my first post, all I got was a dead link when I searched.

Mynight · 27 Oct 2014 at 19:10

SpeedFreak said:
As noted in my first post, all I got was a dead link when I searched.

Yeah sorry about that. I searched mine and it came up dead as well

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cainer · 27 Oct 2014 at 19:13

youve seen the youtube stuff "will it blend"
i propose you start a new trend.. "will it go nicely on a Pizza" then eat it.

Stretch · 27 Oct 2014 at 19:52

http://www.bristol.gov.uk/page/bins-recycling-and-street-cleaning/hazardous-household-waste

Says they can dispose of mercury fluorescent tube.

Vulcan · 27 Oct 2014 at 20:03

Scuzi said:
To quote an old member who's name escapes me....

Put it through someones letterbox and shout "Are you John Connor?"

Oh memories.

Destination · 27 Oct 2014 at 20:12

You might ask your local friendly dentist if they will throw it in their waste mercury disposal place.

Downsy · 27 Oct 2014 at 21:35

Haha! That John Connor joke is the closest I'll get to being famous.

aardvark · 27 Oct 2014 at 21:56

for such a small amount just chuck it in the bin - it really isn't that dangerous.

Efour · 27 Oct 2014 at 22:01

Drink it and the poop through your own letterbox.

Nitefly · 27 Oct 2014 at 22:03

Downsy said:
Haha! That John Connor joke is the closest I'll get to being famous.

Dat "one funny post" feel.

I know it

Unicorn · 27 Oct 2014 at 22:08

Insert the switch into the nether regions and poop through your own letterbox

MikeTheNative · 27 Oct 2014 at 22:10

Drink it see what happens.