How does one dispose of acetone?

this is correct.

Acetone is manufactured from the basic raw materials of benzene and propylene. These materials are used to produce cumene, which is then oxidised to become cumene hydroperoxide, before being split into phenol and its co-product, acetone.
It is also produced in factory labs by manually combining three carbon atoms, six hydrogen atoms, and one oxygen atom to produce the compound element (CH3)2CO (acetone). there is plenty of natural cycle on the planet to break apart acetone back into 3 carbon, 6 hydrogen and 1 oxygen atoms again, excepting of course massive factory spills that would take time to break it down, but would break down.

Chemical solutions can be broken down into their base components or atoms just as they are combined, or combined again to be rendered harmless. in the case of acetone, it is broken down by sunlight and in a matter of days, consumed by bacteria in soil and water wherever it is. even in small quantities and accidentally consumed or absorbed, the human liver will break down and dispose of acetone. it's what it's there for among other things that need breaking down and expulsion. Most acetone in the environment is in vapor form and naturally occurring, in fact due to the vapor in the air, it is detectably present in blood and urine samples all over the world and the liver is what breaks it down and removes it from our bodies.

 

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The exact reason why it is best to pour the used remains into the sink.

Make sure to run water for a minute or so, before lighting a match.

Signed: WTP Facility Renovation Upgrade Constructor, Blue Plains.

Septic? No problem. Just don't let the ankle biters throw an M80 into the water closet for at least a day.

 

Styrofoam is NOT recyclable.

 

He did not state it was; the alternative to doing so was offered.

Me...I just prefer burning it in the back yard.......

 

I know....that is why I offered my alternative..

 

I'm pretty sure acetone is not a good thing for any plastic pipes, etc. that might make up your plumbing system.

 

OK. I am easy. You are correct. I find chloroform a useful by product though, and encourage her to only wash the items that need bleach in the washing machine, after I pour any left over acetone, and on my way out of the house.

 

Sure it is. If you look most consumer products packaging made of expanded polystyrene (Dow’s trade name is Styrofoam), you’ll find the recycling triangle with a ‘6’ inside of it. Sometimes they even put ‘PS’ below the triangle to indicate that it’s polystyrene.

 

Don’t forget to light a candle in the next room before you rapidly exit your soon-to-be-former home.

 

Acetone will eventually ‘chew’ on pvc plumbing, but it’d have to sit there for quite a while. If you flush it with a bunch of cold water, there should be no ill effects on your drain.

 

Where I live styrofoam is on the do not recycle list.

 

Please understand all my tongue in cheek humor posts.

Don't move to Maryland and open a carryout restaurant, using it.

 

A simple Google search on recycling styrene will give you the answer.
Recycling centers don't want it it's too problematic.

 

And ABS also, thus the point of running water for a minute or so.

 

Just pour it on the driveway. It will be gone in just a moment.
Keep in mind, it takes one ounce to give a coin a bath.
You don't need any more than that.

 

Not even close. Human contributions are vastly greater each year than the sum of those quoted eruptions.

BTW, I am a meteorologist. The 'head in the sand' mentality of the deniers drives me completely nuts.

Back to coin discussions...

 

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