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<p>[QUOTE="John Burgess, post: 7426795, member: 105098"]give it to Walter White, He'll know what to do with it.</p><p><br /></p><p>if you have a smal amount soak it up in cotton balls, like nail polish remover and put it in a plastic bag and throw it away.</p><p><br /></p><p>If its a bigger amount, there is NOTHING wrong with leaving it in a well ventilated area to open air and let it evaporate off.</p><p><br /></p><p>If it's an industrial scale amount, then you'd use a hazardous waste facility.</p><p><br /></p><p>Acetone quickly evaporates to a gas if it is released as a liquid. It degrades in sunlight to other chemicals, with the half life for this being approximately 22 days for UV degrdation in the atmosphere. It does not bind to the soil or bioaccumulate in animals. Microorganisms in the soil and water are capable of degrading acetone to other chemicals. Acetone is a manufactured chemical, but it is also naturally occurring, the environment knows and has mechanisms to deal with it.</p><p><br /></p><p>Acetone however is really bad for plastic piping and plastic in general. Don't dump it down drains. you also wouldn't want animals or people drinking from it while it's a liquid.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="John Burgess, post: 7426795, member: 105098"]give it to Walter White, He'll know what to do with it. if you have a smal amount soak it up in cotton balls, like nail polish remover and put it in a plastic bag and throw it away. If its a bigger amount, there is NOTHING wrong with leaving it in a well ventilated area to open air and let it evaporate off. If it's an industrial scale amount, then you'd use a hazardous waste facility. Acetone quickly evaporates to a gas if it is released as a liquid. It degrades in sunlight to other chemicals, with the half life for this being approximately 22 days for UV degrdation in the atmosphere. It does not bind to the soil or bioaccumulate in animals. Microorganisms in the soil and water are capable of degrading acetone to other chemicals. Acetone is a manufactured chemical, but it is also naturally occurring, the environment knows and has mechanisms to deal with it. Acetone however is really bad for plastic piping and plastic in general. Don't dump it down drains. you also wouldn't want animals or people drinking from it while it's a liquid.[/QUOTE]
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