GJUK Posted January 3, 2009 Report Share Posted January 3, 2009 What do you all do to get rid of your used cartridges (shotguns). Do you burn them or just 'lob them in the bin'? Thanks, Jon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Imperfection Posted January 3, 2009 Report Share Posted January 3, 2009 Pop them in a carrier bag and then in normal household waste when i get home. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozzy Fudd Posted January 3, 2009 Report Share Posted January 3, 2009 depends. at our own clay ground we buried a metal box to burn them in, if its just been hunting them they go in the bin at home. why? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ironduke Posted January 3, 2009 Report Share Posted January 3, 2009 if there is a lit fire at home when i get back then they go on there, or in the bin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greenhunter Posted January 3, 2009 Report Share Posted January 3, 2009 Take them home and bin them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GJUK Posted January 3, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 3, 2009 Thank you Jon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
955i Posted January 3, 2009 Report Share Posted January 3, 2009 Are they recyclable if you dismantle them (metal and plastic)? If so could start up two boxes, one for each and then take them to the recycling plant when the boxes are full. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadkill Posted January 3, 2009 Report Share Posted January 3, 2009 straight in the bin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catamong Posted January 3, 2009 Report Share Posted January 3, 2009 Are they recyclable if you dismantle them (metal and plastic)? If so could start up two boxes, one for each and then take them to the recycling plant when the boxes are full. Just try it, it's simply not possible to separate the metal & plastic parts. Cat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
955i Posted January 3, 2009 Report Share Posted January 3, 2009 Just try it, it's simply not possible to separate the metal & plastic parts. Cat. Fair enough, bin it is then Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webber Posted January 3, 2009 Report Share Posted January 3, 2009 My clay cartridges are left behind in the grounds bins. My pigeon and pheasant cartridge cases are recycled to some degree. The pigeon loads are in a cheap case, and are given to my brother in law, who makes some gadget for course fishing from them. The more expensive, better cases are re loaded by a friend. webber Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evilstoat Posted January 3, 2009 Report Share Posted January 3, 2009 put a clipper lighter in them...my friend first showed me this little trick...fits a treat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter De La Mare Posted January 3, 2009 Report Share Posted January 3, 2009 (edited) Edited January 3, 2009 by Peter De La Mare Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clayman Posted January 4, 2009 Report Share Posted January 4, 2009 Start a pile and see if you can make it bigger than West London Shooting Schools - reputedly several million shell cases in the pile thats now 20 years old and growing!! Shell cases should just go to a licensed waste operator, via domestic bin / wheelie bin / or skip. Unless you have an incinerator that has enough heat to achieve secondary combustion and burn the smoke, you should not burn them as the plastic cases on primary combustion only give our lots of acrid black sake and still leave a nasty conglomeration of melted plastic and metal to get rid of. Farm burial and burning is now illegal under the agricultural waste directives. I am not aware of any process that has yet been devised to economically recycle the remaining case components. While its possible to separate them, it seems the energy, transport and time in doing this adds up to more than the cost of buying in new cases. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tazkb Posted January 4, 2009 Report Share Posted January 4, 2009 i stick em in the re-cycling bin as it's for plastic and metal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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