Fired primer disposal question

[Gi14]

Question for the reloading vets. Is there a proper way to dispose of fired primers? I've got quite a pile now and want to make sure it isn't illegal or ethically evil to dump them in the regular garbage for pickup.

Thanks,
G.

[Jake Mc.]

I've been dumping mine in the trash since I started reloading. I don't know for certain, but I'm pretty sure there is no legal issue there. Nothing I read in all the books and manuals I studied when I started said anything that would lead me to believe it would be an issue.

Jake

[WVBob]

I just put them in the trash. Fire cleans them.

[Gary737]

Question for the reloading vets. Is there a proper way to dispose of fired primers? I've got quite a pile now and want to make sure it isn't illegal or ethically evil to dump them in the regular garbage for pickup.

Thanks,
G.

How do you get rid of your bad used brass if you question the disposal of used primers?

[lexnaturalis]

Once they're fired they're just slightly burned chunks of metal. I just pitch mine in the trash.

[Xringshooter]

I've been tossing them in the trash since I started reloading over 30 years ago.

[Gi14]

Thanks.

Gary, I haven't had to worry about that yet. I've only been reloading for a year now, so my bad brass is a very small pile at this point compared to my spent primer pile. I figured I'd take them to a recycler when the pile gets big enough. Right now the bad brass I have is in a bin with all the .22 brass I've swept up.

G.

[Flash]

If you are really goosy about getting rid of prmers and brass and not sure if all are fired, just get a steel barrel, build a good fire of newspaper and light wood in the bottom of it, put the questionable brass and primers in a grocery bag - double bag it, actually - and lower the bag into the fire. Anything not spent already will cook off, and after the fire is done, collect the now-sanitized brass and primer metal and take it to the recycler. It is just scrap brass, now.

With modern primers and powders, the residue is non-toxic, and even the most ardent "environmentalist" could hardly find fault with it.

Flash

[Iron Sights]

Not to change the subject too much, but I have some primed cases that I want to get rid of. I recently found a bunch at a range and the brass was not in good shape. I pulled the heads and properly disposed of the soggy powder. I was going to soak the primed cases in oil and then throw them out after draining the oil. Any opions?

[L0ckAnL0ad]

WD-40 will kill the live primers. As for spent ones I've just been throwing them in the trash.