Ink Sludge Pickup

[jasonl]

Dont know what catagory this should go in, but can anybody recommend a company that drops the drum and picks it up when its full and does the proper disposal?  I can't remember there name.  Thanks in advance for your help.

[Nick Bane]

Safety Kleen?

[brandon]

Please keep us posted! I could only find ones that wanted hundreds a month for something that takes me about 45 minutes to drive to the transfer station, drop off at the hazardous collection point (for free by the way up to 15 gallons a month), and drive back to the warehouse. It would be cool to get that time back but not at hundreds of dollars.

[jasonl]

I used a company for years and it was cheap at my other shop, but I cant remember their name.  You pay like 50 bucks for the drum and you only pay at pickup which takes like a year.  It was affordable.  Got to find there name.  It was something with "ENVIROMENTAL" in there name.

[Frog]

AAA Environmental Waste?  (706) 252-0071

[jasonl]

AAA Environmental Waste?  (706) 252-0071

That would be to easy, their in my hometown.  Not the one I was looking for.

[brandon]

I used a company for years and it was cheap at my other shop, but I cant remember their name.  You pay like 50 bucks for the drum and you only pay at pickup which takes like a year.  It was affordable.  Got to find there name.  It was something with "ENVIROMENTAL" in there name.

That sounds awesome. Pleeeease let us know! Thanks!

[ZooCity]

Yeah, I wouldn't be opposed to that for collecting all the discharge waste ink.  We were pouring it out on old shirts and curing but volume got too high so now there's a 5 gal bucket of stinky ink filling up fast.

[brandon]

Yeah, I wouldn't be opposed to that for collecting all the discharge waste ink.  We were pouring it out on old shirts and curing but volume got too high so now there's a 5 gal bucket of stinky ink filling up fast.

Hey Chris,
Yup, that is what happened to us as well. I have to go to the transfer station every now and then and hand off multiple 5 gallon buckets of it. I tried the cement stuff, tried kitty litter, everything that I could and it just doesn't seem to work or I don't have the luck like others with it. But yeah, it accumulates fast at our place since we do discharge every day.

[ZooCity]

Yeah, I wouldn't be opposed to that for collecting all the discharge waste ink.  We were pouring it out on old shirts and curing but volume got too high so now there's a 5 gal bucket of stinky ink filling up fast.

Hey Chris,
Yup, that is what happened to us as well. I have to go to the transfer station every now and then and hand off multiple 5 gallon buckets of it. I tried the cement stuff, tried kitty litter, everything that I could and it just doesn't seem to work or I don't have the luck like others with it. But yeah, it accumulates fast at our place since we do discharge every day.

I'm not going to give up on finding some king size sheet pans and curing thin films of it.  Seems like it's worth a try if you could peel it out of there.  Then it's just "normal" waste. 

[jsheridan]

Great way to get rid of old discharge ink..

get a bag of cement and a drill mixer.. stir it up, let sit for a few days to harder up and throw in the dumpster.

[brandon]

Hey John,
Thank you! That is awesome. Not sure why I didn't think of that. Like I said above I have tried kitty litter, paint hardener, other things, but not straight up cement itself. This is great. I have about 12 gallons right now of the stuff that needs to be taken care of. Shall do it soon! Thanks again!