On 2017-06-26 6:09 AM, John Ruth wrote:
> Don't be tempted to "stock up", lest your heirs be left to deal with disposal.
This brought back memories...
One branch of my wife's family was in the extermination business. For
many years, they had a stockpile of old-school rat poisons and such
stored in a quonset hut out in a small town in southern Manitoba. It
eventually became illegal to transport these materals so they stayed
there until a small tornado happened nearby. The quonset and its
contents were untouched, but they had to get special license from
government officials to move the materials to a hazmat disposal facility
somewhere in the Dakotas.
In a former life, my wife & I kept bees, and used cyanide powder to kill
off the colonies before winter set in. In those days, it was considered
uneconomic to overwinter them, as bee packages were readily available at
little cost. But we moved and gave up the bee-keeping, and sold our
equipment But a small container of cyanide powder remained in our garage
until I called the fire dept. to ask about disposal. A police cruiser
arrived shortly thereafter, and after asking a few questions about our
possession of the stuff, had the accompanying hazmat team - in full gear
- take it away.
Don
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