Dropped ready mixed tile grout on floor, carton burst, cant throw it in bin

[panpete]

So I watered it down and put it in two milk cartons with the tops off.
Will the sollid matter sink to the bottom overnight, so i can just pour the water away and dispose of the solid matter in the bin, its ok to dispose of the solid matter, just not when it's wet?
Can't throw it on the garden cos its alkaline and will kill the grass and plants and the garden is communal, its unibond ready mixed grout and local authority werent any help. The recyclilng centre doesnt take it and LA dosent do collecion service.

 

[TruXta]

Why couldn't you throw it in the bin?

 

[Treacle Toes]

Solid will sink, pour off any excess water. Bag up the cartons and put in the general waste bin. No need to worry or get specialist help.

 

[Treacle Toes]

You could also bag up the cartons, slop and bin it now if having it around is bothering you. Or it's okay to leave until the morning if you prefer.

 

[panpete]

Solid will sink, pour off any excess water. Bag up the cartons and put in the general waste bin. No need to worry or get specialist help.

The solid has been in the cartons hours and is still milky in appearance. I also have a load of sludge in a bucket, hoping that clear water will be on top.
What if it rains though?
I can't keep it inside cos it will form condensation and mould

 

[spanglechick]

What I would do, is scrape it into a container (if it wasn't watertight - like a cardboard box, I'd also knot it in a plastic bag) and then I'd throw it in the wheelie bin.

I'm sure you've found some rule or bylaw that says you can't bin it, but Pete: everyone breaks the rules. Everyone. And the world still turns and no one sets in motion a chain of catastrophes that leads to bankruptcy, homelessness and the sky falling in.

 

[panpete]

You could also bag up the cartons, slop and bin it now if having it around is bothering you. Or it's okay to leave until the morning if you prefer.

I'm not allowed to bin wet ready mixed or liquid form, it has to be dry and solid, but I dunno how to get it to dry.

 

[spanglechick]

I'm not allowed to bin wet ready mixed or liquid form, it has to be dry and solid, but I dunno how to get it to dry.

Who will know?

 

[panpete]

What I would do, is scrape it into a container (if it wasn't watertight - like a cardboard box, I'd also knot it in a plastic bag) and then I'd throw it in the wheelie bin.

I'm sure you've found some rule or bylaw that says you can't bin it, but Pete: everyone breaks the rules. Everyone. And the world still turns and no one sets in motion a chain of catastrophes that leads to bankruptcy, homelessness and the sky falling in.

I've already watered it down. I was gonna throw it in the wheelie bin but it is toxic to the environment and I am a real green person.
They say you cant throw it down the drain cos it is cement based and it will block the drains.

 

[Treacle Toes]

Just bin it Pete. Double up the bin bags, stuff them with paper as an absorbent if you must but worrying about rain and future mould is a complete waste of energy. Deal with it, don't catastrophise.

 

[spanglechick]

I've already watered it down. I was gonna throw it in the wheelie bin but it is toxic to the environment and I am a real green person.
They say you cant throw it down the drain cos it is cement based and it will block the drains.

Green is great, but this stuff exists, and will do wherever it is disposed of. It'll go to landfill no matter what.

 

[wiskey]

Perhaps you should play a game or watch some videos for a while to stop you getting into a cycle of worry about it.

 

[SheilaNaGig]

I love you, panpete . I proper love you.

 

[TruXta]

I've already watered it down. I was gonna throw it in the wheelie bin but it is toxic to the environment and I am a real green person.
They say you cant throw it down the drain cos it is cement based and it will block the drains.

Yeah, do not flush it or put it down the sink or anything. BIN IT. Pour the water off and bin the rest.

 

[panpete]

Yeah, do not flush it or put it down the sink or anything. BIN IT. Pour the water off and bin the rest.

It's all milky there is no water, none of it has sunk to the bottom, and if it rains tonight or tomorrow, it will remain milky. I've put the two milk cartons with the tops off, between my shed and wheelie bin so that the wind does not blow them over. I put the bucket behind a ladder.

 

[spanglechick]

Being green is obviously a positive, but I'm concerned that it gives you a boundless version of your anxiety justification of being frightened of harming others. And boundless fear is a very unhealthy thing. Recycle. Turn off lights. You don't have pets or kids or a car: you're already doing more for the environment that almost everyone else in the west. It's enough.

 

[SheilaNaGig]

Yeah, do not flush it or put it down the sink or anything. BIN IT. Pour the water off and bin the rest.

Just put it in a bucket or a box or a bag an let it dry and drain for a few days. Then bin it.

 

[spanglechick]

Put the lids on, knot them in a bin bag, and put them in the wheelie bin. You do not need two days of fretting about this non-problem.

 

[panpete]

Just put it in a bucket or a box or a bag an let it dry and drain for a few days. Then bin it.

I had it in a bin bag, since sunday but it remained wet

 

[TruXta]

It's all milky there is no water, none of it has sunk to the bottom, and if it rains tonight or tomorrow, it will remain milky. I've put the two milk cartons with the tops off, between my shed and wheelie bin so that the wind does not blow them over. I put the bucket behind a ladder.

Ah right, I thought you had it inside. That sucks then.

 

[panpete]

Put the lids on, knot them in a bin bag, and put them in the wheelie bin. You do not need two days of fretting about this non-problem.

But loads of wildlife hang around landfilll sites and I hate the thought of killing off loads of wildlife.

 

[TruXta]

I had it in a bin bag, since sunday but it remained wet

Can you store it inside? It won't dry outside in this weather.

 

[spanglechick]

But loads of wildlife hang around landfilll sites and I hate the thought of killing off loads of wildlife.

Why would wildlife be interested in a closed milk carton full of tile adhesive? Landfill is full of actually edible stuff that smells yummy to wildlife.

And wherever you dispose of it, wildlife will be theoretically able to find it.

 

[TruXta]

But loads of wildlife hang around landfilll sites and I hate the thought of killing off loads of wildlife.

How's that grout going to kill lots of wildlife? It's not. Really. If you go down that route every "green" person ought to top themselves Church of Euthanasia style, because none of us can survive without killing something. That's life. Accept it.

 

[panpete]

Can you store it inside? It won't dry outside in this weather.

It will cause condensation and mould in my flat

 

[TruXta]

 

[SheilaNaGig]

A total hippy once told me "Yah, Nah, Dont worry: we'll be mining landfill before the end of the decade. Its all good"

I had it in a bin bag, since sunday but it remained wet

It will.

It will remain wet for a really long time. Either store it til it sets and throw it out. Or throw it out and it will set. Or phone the council and get into endless annoying phone conversations with folks who dont care as much as you do.


panpete . You are amazing. You are kind and thoughtful. You are dedicated and concerned. you see detail. You see inside. Give and use your skills for more important things than this.

Pipes and beams and sludge are less important. Than the Things you can truly help with.

step back

 

[TruXta]

I guess if I were you pete, I'd find a secluded spot, dig a wee hole, empty your grout into it and fill it in.

 

[panpete]

A total hippy once told me "Yah, Nah, Dont worry: we'll be mining landfill before the end of the decade. Its all good"




It will.

It will remain wet for a really long time. Either store it til it sets and throw it out. Or throw it out and it will set. Or phone the council and get into endless annoying phone conversations with folks who dont care as much as you do.


panpete . You are amazing. You are kind and thoughtful. You are dedicated and concerned. you see detail. You see inside. Give and use your skills for more important things than this.

Pipes and beams and sludge are less important. Than the Things you can truly help with.

step back

I want to store it till it sets, i just dunno where to store it, cos if I store it inside my flat it will cause condensation and Im alreeady worried about rot as it is from showeringn in a shower for years with broken grout.

 

[spanglechick]

But loads of wildlife hang around landfilll sites and I hate the thought of killing off loads of wildlife.

Pete - you know how wildlife don't try to eat concrete? I mean, if they ate it they'd probably cark it, but it doesn't present as food. Your milk cartons full of tile adhesive are no more tempting to birds, mammals and creepy crawlies than the pavement outside your house.