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I aquired this old transformer many years ago with intentions to turn it into a trashcan. Never got around to it and now its starting to show sign of leaking. Unlike the pic this thing has 1950's pcb oil in it. How do I get rid of this thing without A) allow it to leak cancer oil into the ground or B) take it somewhere I need to answer questions on how I aquired it?
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That clearly says non-PCB

Nice try feddy boi
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>>2868783
Didn't africans fry food in that stuff? Maybe try that.
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>>2868783
put it in the fuel tank of your diesel pickup and burn it off
you do own a pre-emissions diesel pickup, dont you anon?
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>>2868783
>put it into a bucket
>mix it with coolant
>stir until milkshake
>dispose like engine oil
Or leave it in the AutoZone parking lot like everyone does
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>>2868795
I was thinking about the AutoZone approach as well. How many gallons is it? As long as it doesn’t smell crazy, I would put it in my big flo-tech oil container with an oil change worth of 5000mi 5w-20 and dump it in the waste oil container.
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>>2868783
Try the dump first obviously. If they won't take it, well hypothetically a guy could stealthily drop it off in the parking lot of some government agency with a note attached explaining what it is. Then it's their problem.
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>>2868785
>That clearly says non-PCB

OP said unlike the pic, meaning its not the same one in the pic.. learn to read you uneducated tard
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>>2868783
> going to “make” a trash can
Although hilarious, just put the full transformer out to the curb after stencilling “trash can” on the side.
Also, put it in front of the guy’s house who is on vacation.
I’m guessing you live in a trailer park though.
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>>2868787
https://www.reuters.com/article/business/thieves-fry-kenyas-power-grid-to-cook-fast-food-idUSL6N0U81JB/
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Get on my level. Bought a an old building and this is the power in the bunker
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>>2868783
Our city has a haz waste drop off, have you checked if yours does?
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>>2868791
>put it in the fuel tank of your diesel pickup and burn it off
Not sure the chlorine is healthy for the engine or people around you.
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I have a bunch of old fluorescent ballasts I should probably get rid of. I hear they can have PCB oil in them as well. Is the scrap yard gonna bitch, should I just chuck them in with my steel scrap or keep them separate?
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>>2872498
Makes for wonderful livestream footage, though.
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>>2868783
dig hole next to xformer, tip xformer over so oil goes in hole, cover hole with dirt
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>>2872501
Scrap 'em, the shredder and smelter will deal with the contents.
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>>2868783
They use it for cooking oil in Africa.
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>>2873961
This, lookup some delicious African recipes. They really like it too, many have died taking down the grid to get the delicious pcb oil.
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just do what our grandparents did, drive to the ghetto and dump it on the curb at midnight.



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