Cheapest Way to Dispose of Broken (Heating Oil / Water / Fertiliser) Plastic Tanks?

[Robert]

As above. I presume cut them up into manageable sizes and skip / landfill them but is recycling a (cheaper) possibility perhaps? Thanks

 

[EJS]

In my experience, unfortunately, landfill has always been cheaper than recycling if decision just made on cost.

 

[Cab-over Pete]

Your local Solway recycling agent will take hard plastic away. Not free, but reasonably priced by most accounts.

 

[Bokey]

Bonfire night?

 

[onthehoof]

Our local council tip will take old oil tanks foc as long as they’re completely empty

 

[Bald n Grumpy]

Depending on the size and shape put them into a sale and watch people buy them to make dog, chicken houses ,pig arks lamb shelters etc

 

[carbonfibre farmer]

If its your own domestic tank then local recycling will take. MUST be cut up and rag out clean. £5 charge.

If its not your own, they will still take but you'll need higher teir waste transfer licence. This is a fair bit of money. Again, cut up and rag out.

Recip saw best. Cut into 4 quarters if under 1300lt. If bigger, then into more parts (for ease of handling)

Local skip companies, around £150 into their skip at base. Get about 3 cut up, into one.

 

[nick...]

Soon be november 5th
nick…

 

[pycoed]

You start with one of these:

Then with a chainsaw & 5 minutes you get these:




From which you make one of these:-

Plus a useful workboat/punt for which I don't have a picture

 

[ollie989898]

You start with one of these:
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Then with a chainsaw & 5 minutes you get these:



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From which you make one of these:-
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Plus a useful workboat/punt for which I don't have a picture

There is no way my precious (chainsaw) is being used on anything like that.

 

[wanton dwarf]

If the recycling centre cleaned them out then I'm sure many gardeners could use them as compost containers. Or at the very least put people in touch with each other that could re-use the items.

 

[Barleymow]

Friend of mine made a solar heated hot tub from an old plastic diesel tank

 

[powerontheland]

Swan vestas

 

[Bokey]

Friend of mine made a solar heated hot tub from an old plastic diesel tank

Did he smell of diesel when he got out?

 

[Barleymow]

Surprising not

 

[pycoed]

Remembered this thread yesterday, so took a pic of the "boat" . Thwart is a scaffold plank fixed of course with tec screws. Almost impossible to row/steer, except by punting & the cocker had me fall in once by leaping aboard so I use a line from island to bank & pull it along, safely seated :-