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[FrankExchange]

I have a radiator pulled out of my Mercedes but am not sure where to get rid of it.

Called Riebes and they had no idea - looking for a place just to drop it off.

Cheers & TIA

[mylo]

Toss it off of Rainbow bridge.

[FrankExchange]

Toss it off of Rainbow bridge.

LOL - yer killin me...Hey I know you come with me and watch for the cops.

[Deb aka Resume Lady]

My husband thinks if it's emptied you can have the city pick it up as part of a large waste pick-up. He has one in the garage he needs to get rid of, too. We need to call the city to verify if they'll take it.

NOPE -- Checked the city's website and car parts are not accepted. So we called Auto Zone to see if they recycled them. A guy there told me that if you can knock the plastic off of it, you can recycle it at Reynold's Aluminum Recycling on Power Inn Road and they'll pay you around $40 for it.

Edit: Can't find it in the Yellow Pages, but he says that's where he goes. Didn't know an address.

[FrankExchange]

My husband thinks if it's emptied you can have the city pick it up as part of a large waste pick-up. He has one in the garage he needs to get rid of, too. We need to call the city to verify if they'll take it.

NOPE -- Checked the city's website and car parts are not accepted. So we called Auto Zone to see if they recycled them. A guy there told me that if you can knock the plastic off of it, you can recycle it at Reynold's Aluminum Recycling on Power Inn Road and they'll pay you around $40 for it.

Edit: Can't find it in the Yellow Pages, but he says that's where he goes. Didn't know an address.

Thanks Deb - I'll check it out.

[Deb aka Resume Lady]

Looks like this place does: http://www.recycleci...z/services.html .

[Oso]

I'd like to refresh this old topic.

 

I replaced the radiator in my wife's car yesterday. It was very easy, even for my first time. The replacement took only 90 minutes or so including cleanup.

Now the hardest part seems to be what I should do with the old radiator. The fluids are easy, but the radiator itself seems more difficult than I was expecting.

 

Any experience to share from someone who has already figured out the best way to dispose of an old radiator in Folsom?  Thanks!

[zook]

Stuff it in the recycle bin? Its all metal and plastic.

[Robert Gary]

What is your goal? Do you which to save the planet and recycle it? Do you just want it gone? I don't see any regulation that prevents you from putting it in the standard garbage can assuming its drained of fluid. Its not hazardous to anyone.

 

 

-Robert

[Oso]

I guess I'm about 70% want to get rid of it. 30% save the planet.

I thought I had read once that the city does not allow car parts as part of the normal trash pickup.

Maybe I was wrong to think that.