Throw away a piece of asbestos cement plate

[jonas_a]

In my basement, for some reason, a small piece of the painted asbestos cement ceiling has fallen down – about 2-3 square centimeters.
Can I throw this small piece in my household waste bin or should it be handled in another way?
Thank you in advance!

 

[prototypen]

In Umeå's recycling center, there is a container for eternit, which might also be available in other municipalities.
BUT put it in the trash, the flue gas cleaning takes care of the particles.

Protte

 

[ullberg]

To TS: regarding the size you mention, I can't see any health ethical problems with letting it disappear in any chosen way, you probably do many things that are more dangerous for you and your surroundings every year...

/U

 

[puda]

In the municipality I live in, double garbage bags apply and you need to notify the recycling center in advance. Call your recycling center and ask.

 

[Mikael_L]

I would probably have just thrown the small piece of Eternit in the regular trash myself.
Maybe not 100% correct according to some rigid rules, but in practice it's probably "right enough."

 

[Johan Gunverth]

...I would probably have just thrown the small piece of asbestos into the regular trash myself. Maybe not 100% correct according to some rigid rules, but in practice, it's probably "correct enough".

100% wrong, but that's why we have the simple rule that EVERYTHING should be handed in. One simple rule so people don't have to make their own decisions about things they don't need to get into.

 

[Homesnickern]

If I'm not completely wrong, eternit is asbestos and asbestos is a rock and when it breaks and fibers get into the air and down into the lungs, that's when it becomes dangerous.... This means that asbestos exists as a natural type of rock in nature and with this in mind, it has no environmental impact if you bury it and the asbestos cannot create dust... Correct me if I'm wrong?

 

[MathiasS]

That's right. The objection to burying things in the garden is more about our inability to document and pass on information about where we've buried our "treasures."

The municipality is a bit better at handling these things.

 

[Johan Gunverth]

If I'm not completely wrong, eternit is asbestos and asbestos is a stone, and when it breaks and fibers enter the air and into the lungs, that is when it becomes dangerous.... This means that asbestos exists as a natural type of stone in nature and thus has no environmental impact when buried and the asbestos cannot dust... Correct me if I'm wrong?

Correct. Just like they do at the landfills.

 

[Marlen Eskilsson]

I have removed unpleasantness and an off-topic discussion from this thread.