Jmc0319 Posted July 30, 2014 Report Share Posted July 30, 2014 I have finally filled my dust collection bag. I would like advise on how you guys dispose of the dust. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krtwood Posted July 30, 2014 Report Share Posted July 30, 2014 I either dump it in the back yard or my local transfer station has an area for yard waste. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wdwerker Posted July 30, 2014 Report Share Posted July 30, 2014 I wear a dust mask and put it in the dumpster. Planer shavings get used as mulch or compost. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CessnaPilotBarry Posted July 30, 2014 Report Share Posted July 30, 2014 In my normal trash can. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodger. Posted July 30, 2014 Report Share Posted July 30, 2014 Mulch pile at the transfer station. Soon, when i move to a subdivision, I am hoping brown bag yard waste. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jHop Posted July 30, 2014 Report Share Posted July 30, 2014 See if some of the local community gardens want a mulch or worm bed material, and donate/dump the bag off. (Some of this needs to be coordinated before you fill the bag, or remove the full bag.) Also, check with a couple of the local Scouting Troops and Packs: they may want (free) sawdust to make fire starters. They probably won't take the whole bag you've got, but a shoebox full would be easy for them to deal with. Depending on how many units there are, you might find it easier to host them all in one night at your place (and get some of them interested in woodworking at the same time.) I'm fairly lucky in that most of my wood dust/shavings don't get collected; the breeze takes care of much of that fine stuff for me, and the larger chunks are actually helping to reduce the forest of weeds behind my air conditioning unit that the landscapers refuse to take care of. I still have smaller bags of dust I get rid of, though. I have to be careful because the complex uses a compactor, and I tend to get out partial grocery bag sizes rather than large trash bag sizes. (then again, there's that local ordinance about "construction waste" that I have to be wary of... and I've been told sawdust in large quantities is considered construction waste.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jmc0319 Posted July 30, 2014 Author Report Share Posted July 30, 2014 Great feedback. Thanks everyone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JusticeBeaver Posted July 30, 2014 Report Share Posted July 30, 2014 If you have been working with Walnut be careful not to dump the dust in the yard and certainly not in the compost. Walnut dust keeps many plant seeds from germinating. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike M Posted July 30, 2014 Report Share Posted July 30, 2014 Shavings from rough turning wet wood goes to my friend who has chickens to be recycled as bedding, then compost. Saw dust and planer chips are usually mixed wood, and often contain plywood and exotics. This gets bagged and sent to the landfill with the garbage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TerryMcK Posted July 30, 2014 Report Share Posted July 30, 2014 I give most of mine to a friend who owns a restaurant. He uses it to hot smoke some of his ingredients. I get bottles of wine in return. The exotic stuff and plywood, that might be toxic, goes to the local authority who use it in their anaerobic digester to produce fuel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Pritchard Posted July 30, 2014 Report Share Posted July 30, 2014 I give mine to my next door neighbour who has a horse. They use it in the stables. Not that I generate so much that they don't need to supplement it, but it's a start! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 30, 2014 Report Share Posted July 30, 2014 it depends, mostly I put in the garbage. sometimes I put it in a yard waste bag, but in my town we pay $2 or $3 for every bag of yard yaste and sometimes I don't feel like wasting one of the stickers on dust. Sometimes I just spread it on the lawn and let the lawn mower spread it around. Last winter I had fun putting it on top of the snow covered driveway and seeing how far the snowblower could throw it. Variety is the spice of life I guess. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coop Posted July 30, 2014 Report Share Posted July 30, 2014 I put mine in the paths between my rows in the garden to keep the weeds out. I have to water it well several times to get it to pack Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhighlander Posted July 31, 2014 Report Share Posted July 31, 2014 Much of mine goes to the local car wash, since I work in my garage, and my wife's car is a dust magnet! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brady Posted July 31, 2014 Report Share Posted July 31, 2014 My community has green waste dumpsters around the city that they use to make mulch. So I take it there as long as it doesn't contain dust from sheet goods or walnut. If it does then it just goes in the regular garbage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brady Posted July 31, 2014 Report Share Posted July 31, 2014 I give mine to my next door neighbour who has a horse. They use it in the stables. Not that I generate so much that they don't need to supplement it, but it's a start! Be careful if you use walnut - I believe it's toxic to horses. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wdwerker Posted July 31, 2014 Report Share Posted July 31, 2014 There is a viral video on the internet of a guy who made a dust cloud fireball that was several stories high using fine wood dust, compressed air and an ignition source. I saw it on " Outrageous acts of Science " TV series. I would love to try it but knowing my luck I'd get arrested as a terrorist. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Pritchard Posted July 31, 2014 Report Share Posted July 31, 2014 Be careful if you use walnut - I believe it's toxic to horses. I've never yet used walnut (not for a lack of want), but I'll bear that in mind when I finally do! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jHop Posted August 2, 2014 Report Share Posted August 2, 2014 There is a viral video on the internet of a guy who made a dust cloud fireball that was several stories high using fine wood dust, compressed air and an ignition source. I saw it on " Outrageous acts of Science " TV series. I would love to try it but knowing my luck I'd get arrested as a terrorist. possibly the same source as the one the Mythbusters used, although for their Mythbuster-scale version they used powdered coffee creamer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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