Some safety tips are given below so that you can have a good grip on it.
How do you dispose of lamp oil.
Ask them if there is a disposal fee.
By fancy61 from northern dayton area oh.
No matter what lamp oil is made of spill clean up is the same.
Well i have a ton of lamp oil and no lamps.
I want to dispose of it but every idea i come up with seems really bad.
And cindy yes it will cause harm.
If they do ask if you ll need to drop your kerosene off or if they ll come pick it up from you house.
Waxy deposits on the inside glass can dull its appearance and get soaked up into the wick making it burn unevenly or with too much smoke and soot.
The lamp is ruined and will also go into the trash.
These oils are flammable liquids and the bottles will help in shielding the.
Some lamp oils have coloring and or scent added.
I bought a new oil lamp from wal mart but the globe doesn t fit right and i only noticed after i filled the lamp with oil.
First ask them if they accept kerosene.
Lamp oil is kerosene and it won t harm the furnace.
Although you re not likely to find many places that recycle kerosene here s a few tips on how to properly dispose of it.
The oil has been used to light lamps and candles since the 1800s and is still used in the modern world for those purposes as well as to power space heaters and portable stoves.
You know those little oil lamps.
Some containers are made explicitly for storing lamp oil and you should only store in this kind of container.
Now i need to dispose of the oil and don t know of a good way to do this.
In order to do the disposal the first thing you need to do is to store it properly.
If necessary make an appointment for them to pick up your kerosene or for you to drop it off.
Call you local disposal companies.
I basically see this bottle of lamp oil as a fire hazard.
Because candle oil.
Recently a few people have asked earth911 what to do with one of those recycling mysteries.
It s oil that s why they call it lamp oil and if your in doubt call dep and ask what the fines are for dumping it on the ground.
And if you think you can just dump it on the ground think twice.
I don t intend on getting lamps either.
What is acceptable from the recycling standpoint.
Do not use paint thinner or toxic solvents to clean oil lamps.
Lamp oil may be kerosene paraffin or a vegetable oil such as corn oil or olive oil.
