Every now and again, I'll fill a 5-gallon bucket with a 1 part bleach to 9 parts water solution of bleach water to sterilize things around the backyard like bird feeders and stuff. My question is how to dispose of the bleach water afterwards? Do I schlepp it into the house and pour it down the toilet or kitchen sink? Is it safe to pour on the ground? I garden organically, and the last thing I want to do is ruin the ecosystem I've created with bleach water.
Thanks.
-Fleemo
Pour it in the neighbors yard to see if it hurts anything or not.
How about putting a lid on it and saving it in the garage for next time?
Bob
I am no gardening expert, but pouring it down the drain is no different from washing clothes with bleach. It ends up in the same place. People have been doing that for decades.
Usually, by the time I get done with it, it's pretty murky stuff. If I used it over and over again, I feel I'd be contaminating things more than cleaning 'em. And I've got to get rid of the stuff eventually. :/
-Fleemo
I would not put it on anything living. On the other hand, if you have some drive or sidewalk where a little moss likes to grow, you can pour it on that. As it dries the bleach will go into the air, it does not dry on the surface. It will kill grass etc if you pour it on the lawn.
it's not safe to pour on the ground where you have living plants, as it will kill everything.
you could just let it sit in the sunlight, and the chlorine will break down over a period of a few days, and you'll be left with just water. if you're not on a septic tank, you could just pour it down the drain, or you could pour it in the gutter and it will just evaporate.
It's good for bathing kittens in.
On 1/24/2005 1:23 PM US(ET), snipped-for-privacy@comcast.net took fingers to keys, and typed the following:
What happens to your laundry waste water? Does it go into a sewer line or septic system? If a sewer system, part of the water treatment is chlorinating, so you're giving it a head start. Dump it in the toilet or kitchen sink. I have a septic system, but I also have a dry well that the laundry/dishwasher/bathwater/and sink waste goes into. I dump it in the kitchen sink, or any tub, shower or sink that needs cleaning.
It's not like Sodium Hypochlorite is all that nasty...once it gets done reacting with stuff, you've basically got a weak solution of table salt left over.
As long as there isn't a lot of solid crud (enough to clog a drain) in the bucket, just dumping down the drain is fine -- that's where the bleach water from the washer goes, after all.
Dumping on the lawn works fine, too -- just dilute it well (run the ol' hose in the bucket for ten minutes or so).
What about the traces of nasty chlorinated organic compounds you just created?
bob
The solution to polution is dilution as an environmental engineer once told me. If you dilute it with the ole garden hose it will become harmless. Stick the bucket on the driveway, stuff a hose into it and let if flow.....when it doesn't smell like bleach, dump the bucket...done deal.......Ross
It's good for bathing kittens in.
........and guys named Matt
I presume you are using it outside? Personally I would dump it in the street. It will dissipate before it can hurt anything.
Many thanks to everyone who took the time to offer advice. I really appreciate it. :)
-Fleemo
chlorine bleach is a very toxic poison to humans and the environment
use it up or pour it down the drain
natural bleach substitutes can be made from citrus jiuces and/or hydrogen peroxide
You've got some weird answers and some fairly answers. First, it won't hurt the ecosystem. Second, 10 percent solution will kill many plants, so pour it where you want to kill plants. Don't want to kill any plants? Let it sit outside in bucket for a couple of days, dilute and pour in a hole (like in your garden). Soil microorganisms will break it down very quickly. On a sewer system? put it in the potty and flush. All the S#%* flowing in the system will rapidly inactivate it provide some benefit.
This is Turtle.
Rinse the sinks and toilets with the water to disinfect them too while your at it. It also help kill germs and oders from the drains. Bleach Kill All germs including Aids. Also use it on dirty places on your concrete drive ways or patios. Also put it in the Trash cans to disinfect them too but do wash it out if they are metal.
Also use it to kill foot oder from your feet. there was a Foot Doctor that told my uncle that soaking his feet in a 1 part bleach and 3 part water would remove all the dead skin from his feet and stop the foot oder from his feet for 3 to 6 months. Also don't soak your feet more than 5 minute in the bleach solution or it will wrinkle up your skin on your feet.
Next week we will cover using it to clean the white wall on your tires of your car. Tune in next week !
TURTLE
P.S. the cleaning your feet of Foot Oder with bleach is not a Joke and was really told to my uncle by a Dermitologiest.
TURTLE
Pour it on the street. It will quickly dissipate.
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