Disposal of black waste tank

[Peter Hall]

Hi everyone,  does anyone know how I get rid of an old black waste tank ?1

[Paul Evans]

Take it to the local recycling centre.

 

[TheBiscuits]

Do you mean dispose of it, or are you asking how to remove it from your boat?

[jake_crew]

Cut it up into conveniently small pieces.

 

Allow the sun to cleanse the inside.

 

Then down to to your local council tip ?

[robtheplod]

Do a really good pumpout first! 

[droshky]

Cut it up and wait to dry, now why didn’t we think of that?

When we bought nb Mollie, we removed the pump out tank and I can assure you that “ pump out” is not to be taken completely literally.

 

So we had a (White) half full plastic tank. We sloshed it around and tipped it out as best we could but even a high pressure hose couldn’t do much round all those baffles. So off we sloshed to the dump, with the holes blocked with newspaper “secured” with gaffer tape.

 

The helpful Eastern European guy working there asked what it was made of (plastic, mate but it’s NOT EMPTY) and directed us to the appropriate skip. I took one armful of stuff up the ladder and while my back was turned, ol’ Pavel, who hadn’t quite got my drift, slung it over his shoulder, newspaper to ear....Nooooo! Amazingly, the temporary plug held, he hurled it into the plastics skip and we swiftly left.

 

i don’t recommend this method of disposal, bad for the nerves!