In the next few weeks I’ll be tearing off the railing and decking of my deck.
I have to replace a few joists. Previous owners had a well, lets just say Swingning kinda life style and put a permenant set to three joists when they had a hot tub and four people in it. My neighbor was all to glad to give me the gory details.
Anyway, I’ll be replacing the decking and railings with new pressure treated lumber.
Anyone run into any issues with disposal of the new stuff?
What’s the right thing to do with it environmentally?
Two of the three companies I called about getting a dumpster balked at having in their container. One said they had nowhere to take it landfill wise.
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I'm not sure your location, but if around the east coast you used to (probably still can) haul anything dangerous, toxic and bogus right here to Ohio.
But seriously, here the landfill accepts all treated lumber.
The last time I did this
I had no problem getting a Dumpster. Was up front about it and had no issues.
Not so much this time.
Some of that stuff falls off the truck in PA too. Landfill right across the river. But last year they ran into some snags getting permission to expand, Might be part of the problem.
I'm sure you know not to be tempted to burn it !
Greg
Gotta be ten years ago
I had done a deck replacement as an insurance job.
Used to bring home and decent scraps for my F-I-L to burn.
Had gone back tpo finish the stairs on the deck the same day as I had done a little half day rail job. Threw the scraps in the back of my truck and my F-I-L couldn't understanf why he couldn't put them in his wood stove.
Almost like when I lived in florida............all those guys who are new in town. Every year on the causeway one group would try to start a fire with mangrove branches.
What does happen when you try to start a fire with mangrove branches?
I'm not sure why......
.............................but every year I lived there, there would be stories in the news paper about people starting fires with Mangroves (as far as I know against the law since they grow so slow in the area) and being overcome by the smoke.
Not dead, just sick like the worst hangover you've ever had.
bring it
to RI and throw it in my dumpster
no problem.... the epa approved the treatment process.... someone is blowing smoke telling you they can't accept it... if they can't accept it, then what the hell are we doing using it ?
I think two things are in play
1.) After a few instances of the new treatment process eating up some galvanized fasteners, a few local places are gun shy. Any place I could get a dumpster around here is owned by smaller operations that are a little more risk adverse.
2.) There's been a pretty big public backlash against landfill expansion and it's gotten harder to get a dumpster if your not a regular. Any excuse.
I just want to be sure I'm not missing something.
In some areas the arsenate treated lumber was banned from landfills due to fears of water pollution.