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How do you dispose of old solder paste?

Andrew J

As the question says really - I have some really out of date solder paste so how to dispose of it, taking into account UK law?

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    Easy! Put a blue piece of tape on the tube and write "do not eat" on the tape before throwing it in the trash.

    Is it lead-free?

    My town (in the US) has a hazardous waste disposal facility. That's where I take stuff like old solder paste (and spent batteries.) Which for paste, is mostly stencils I didn't clean or empty containers. Mine is mostly SnPb, so I tell the person I give the bag to that they should treat it the same as lead paint.

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    My local waste recycling centre accepts "some hazardous waste" but doesn't specify what.  They do have a separate recycling container for electronic waste which I use for old PCBs, etc which will have leaded solder on them.  Whenever I've taken paint there I'm always told to just bung it in the general waste container

    The council specifically don't want hazardous waste in the normal rubbish collection.  They wouldn't know obviously but it seems reasonable to try and at least dispose of the stuff properly.  

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    My local waste recycling centre accepts "some hazardous waste" but doesn't specify what.  They do have a separate recycling container for electronic waste which I use for old PCBs, etc which will have leaded solder on them.  Whenever I've taken paint there I'm always told to just bung it in the general waste container

    The council specifically don't want hazardous waste in the normal rubbish collection.  They wouldn't know obviously but it seems reasonable to try and at least dispose of the stuff properly.  

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