Dispose of Old Propane Tank

[Mleeja]

Does anyone know how to properly dispose of an old propane tank? It is a small 5lb tank. Can you leave at an exchange station? Drop off at a propane dealer? Just throw away with trash? Right now it is setting on the end of the drive hoping a “picker” will come along and take it. It has a couple of years of certification left for it. If anyone would want it, pm me.

[Toymeister]

PM sent

[villagetinker]

Call CSU and ask them about proper disposal, these can be very dangerous if they still have gas in them.

[charlieo1126@gmail.com]

Oh by all means just leave it outside for days hoping someone will take it along with the old couch down the street hmmmmm

[renrod]

Put a sign on it
"FOR SALE $20.00"
Someone will steal it.

[Clarinet]

I believe that, unless it is now closed, the site on Rolling Acres Road (on left side beyond the American Legion about 1/2 mile) will take the tanks and other normally non-trash items. I am not in the Villages at this time so perhaps someone can check to be sure the site is open. I believe they have Saturday morning hours.

[mulligan]

I believe that, unless it is now closed, the site on Rolling Acres Road (on left side beyond the American Legion about 1/2 mile) will take the tanks and other normally non-trash items. I am not in the Villages at this time so perhaps someone can check to be sure the site is open. I believe they have Saturday morning hours.

That site is only for lake county residents.

[Mleeja]

I have an offer from someone to take the tank. It is now sitting out of the sun. :-) I will eventually have two more if anyone is interested. Another 5lb and a 10lb tank.

[leftyf]

They will probably take them at that gas fill business on 441 in Belleview. I traded a small tank for a 20 pounder there once.

[rjn5656]

ace hardware in wildwood

[Chi-Town]

Ace Hardware will not fill your tank if it is over a certain age. They told me that my 10 year old one won't be fillable next year.

[Mikeod]

When I had a tank that had expired, the guy at Ace recommended I go to a tank exchange and just leave the tank there as if I was returning one of theirs. He told me they can recertify the old tank and use it.

[stadry]

we get our old out-of-cert tanks purged & re-cert'd all the time,,, for a 5# tank, ask a plumber if he wants it

[davem4616]

I've always gone to a BJ's Warehouse to refill my tank....when the tanks were too old to be refilled they just kept them and I went inside and bought a new one for them to fill

I suspect that if Sam's or Costco refill tanks that they'd do the same thing...that way you know it's being disposed of correctly