Lead disposale

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Been reloading some pistol ammo lately and am unsure of how to get rid of old cleaning media.

What are the rules for disposing of the old media if any?

Thanks
D_
 
Throw it in the trash.

Unless you want to see if another "inconvenience" can by dreamed up for shooters........
 
Unless you've been cleaning thousands and thousands of cases, you'll likely find the media is still ok. Otherwise, just pitch it. The dust and gunk is mostly carbon, not lead.
 
D_ said:
Been reloading some pistol ammo lately and am unsure of how to get rid of old cleaning media.

What are the rules for disposing of the old media if any?

Thanks
D_
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You place the old media in a box with several 100$ bills. Mail this box to me and I will take care of the disposal and send you a bill if it costs more than you included. I will do this for free, billing only for the disposal cost, or the price of a nice C-96 mauser, whichever comes first. Thats just the sort of nice fella I am!:cool:
 
Actually lead would hurt someone! Not saying that cleaning media is not safe to through in the trash. I don't think their is that much lead in it either. But lead is the kind of heavy metal that leaches into water systems and contaminates fish,birds,people...

Nic
 
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There is more lead encountered in old window and door frames sent to the landfill than a couple thousand tons of tumbling media.
That's why landfills are made with clay layers to stop leaching etc.
Just bag it and dump it, and, STFU.
 
mercuryv8 said:
Actually lead would hurt someone! Not saying that cleaning media is not safe to through in the trash. I don't think their is that much lead in it either. But lead is the kind of heavy metal that leaches into water systems and contaminates fish,birds,people...

Nic
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Yes, but there's a common misconception there. METALLIC heavy metals pose little-to-no risk. It's the organo-metallic compounds (such as those found as a byproduct of ore processing) that are scary. Google 'dimethylmercury' sometime. Compare the lethality of that #### to the MSDS of plain metallic mercury
 
I consider it my ecological duty to replace as much minerals as possible in the earth. I am always looking for an opportunity to return the lead and copper that someone once mined.
 
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