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Old 08-14-2016, 11:19 PM
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I think the best advice was to call TVFD (on the non-emergency number) and ask them. In Tampa I had an expended 2 1/2 pound dry chemical extinguisher that I did not want to re-charge. I removed the valve from the top and threw the empty container in a large bin at the county trash center. An attendant gave me a hard time about not handling it as a HazMat hazard. You never know what the bureaucracy will dream up.
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