I never knew getting rid of coolant was so hard... i just hose it down the driveway into the street.

nobody has ever said anything to me about it.

 

This is an easy one.
Just wait for the wife to go shopping.
Take the container into the bathroom and pour it down the toilet!
That way it will be treated like the rest of the waste.

This is the only way I know of disposing of it.

Jim

 

heh so complicated, all i ever did was just unplug the drain plug at the bottom of the radiator and walked away for 10 minuites, simple and effective.

gotta remember to hose down the driveway or it'll turn orange (oops, learned that the hard way)

 

hahaha! thanks for the replys! you guys are pretty funny! im with most of you guys! if it was up to me i would just dump it! but the parents dont exactly feel the same way!! they get pissed when i get anything on the "new" driveway or garage!

feel stupid asking this.... but whats the best way to "flush" the coolant out?? i emptied what was in the radiator and hoses, but i know i didnt get all that was in the block. and for some reason i dont feel like i filled the system up all the way either! a LOT more came out than i put back in!! i even let the car sit running for like 10-15 min to warm up, i watched the bubbles and tried to let the air out as best i could. i drove it the last few days and the car doest get hot, but i feel like i prolly left a lot of air pockets! anyone have a better ideas?! i went out today to add some more coolant, but it was already filled?? just doesnt seem like it should be full!

 

ehh well you could remove the drain plug and the knock sensor and drain the block... that'd get it all out

or you could just be lazy like me and drain / refill the radiator a few times with clean water till its "pretty damn close" then just fill it up with dexcool agian and be done with it

 

Orange County Landfill takes it, and any other hazardous chemicals you might have (brake fluid, paint, mineral spirits, etc) They run the collection Mon-Sat, AFAIK.
To get there, go south on Dean Rd, straight across the Curry Ford intersection onto Young Pine Road, and go to the end (couple of miles). Basically, the landfill is tucked back behind the trees on the NE side of the Beeline/Greenway interchange.

If you MUST (and normally there shouldn't be a must), putting it down the drain (i.e. toilet or sink) will send it to the treatment facility, and most of them can effectively get rid of ethylene glycol.

Whatever you do, don't dump on the ground, or in the storm drain. Storm drains are not treated, and the water typically goes into a retention pond or lake near your home. This, of course, eventually ends up back in the water table.