Any more information on this? Our company changes probably 10-20 per week and I'd rather donate them them let them go to waste.

That’s not a fee

@@theinfoone Reach out to a local fire extinguisher inspection and service contractor. See if they want them to reuse the dry chemical.

How do they pay you a fee

@@z9brigade you call it what you want I say fee. It's not deliberation at the UN it's a comment section.

@@privilegedwhitemale306 poggers name

@@privilegedwhitemale306 your name says a lot

Heating them in the oven raises the pressure

@@dcraexon that sounds like a bad idea

@@jamesrosewell9081 🤣

Lol

LMAO Omg.

Nice lol

Yes it would be better than nothing wouldn't it

Reeeeee

You can’t recharge a plastic head junkie extinguisher such as that kiddie

Is it Hong Kong?

That's a good one lol

"I dont think he took his schizophrenia pills this morning"

@@zayloe999 lmfao 🤣🤣🙈🙉😭💀

“He’s using his phone to check and he’s still doing it”

😂😂😂

Yeah I thought this was an upcycle vid …

@@anvilsbane it's better. It's a use it before you throw it out. It gets upcycled, it gets upcycled as trash

@@goldenharborstudios7180 my g you is tripping.

Even throwing away, or even "recycling" an empty one is a waste - once they're empty you can sell them for their scrap metal value.

Exactly what a waste of time watching this. Why not recycle to make something useful out of it is why I even wasted time watching.

Go ahead and try that and let me know how it works out... that little can barely knock an engine fire of any size when it's good. When less than full and/or out of date you have no way to know if you're gonna get about what you'd normally expect or a short puff and then nothing. The pressure is merely one factor, the dry Chem powder can cake up and not spray or clog the nozzle. Fires are very severe, dangerous and cause extensive and expensive damage. An extinguisher is cheap protection. I also keep a couple cans of fire gone or similar. It's very effective but doesn't have the mess from the powder so you don't hesitate to use it for fear of the mess or have to deal with that powder after it gets into everything. I also keep a large CO2 extinguisher, with that and the fire gone being the first choice and the dry Chem as a last resort.

Just spray water on it. That's what the FD did when my truck engine caught fire. I had my own water hose and could have sprayed it out myself but was just out of high school and was still remembering not to put water on liquid fires. Might have saved the truck if I knew water was all I needed. 911 didn't say I could and even wasn't going to send anyone until she asked if it was near the house. I know it's bc of liability but the only reason I called was bc I didn't know water was ok on burning gasoline.

you cant count on it working tho. if there is a fire you dont want to waste time on atleast trying that almost empty fire extinguisher. Rather throw it out

No, better to throw them away or have them re certified.

@@TheAnantaSesa in the case of other kinds of fires you can’t always throw water on them. case and point is if it’s any less than full you need a new extinguisher

It probably has 18 bar in it... Compare it to a truck tire...

It’s lost too much pressure for a fire. Has enough to put on plants cuz they don’t touch things and also make them plants

Seriously. There are lots of kinds of fire extinguishers and different formulas, but disposing of any chemicals by spraying them outside is generally a dumb idea for a lot of reasons. The couple times I've used fire extinguishers or been near one when it's sprayed, it's pretty nasty and you always end up breathing it in and getting it on your clothes. Call your local fire dept because many accept extinguishers, or drop it at your county's hazardous waste drop off sites.

Totally agree.

@@awakentruth1116 Climate Crisis.

@@awakentruth1116 wtf is your problem

@@awakentruth1116 you must not get out much. Just yesterday a Glacier melted so fast Up in the mountains there was a giant old historic bridge wiped out in Pakistan from what looked like the same as when half the mountain came off into Silver lake…. The creek responded the same exact way as when Mount Saint Helens straight did the same, but today it was extreme heat in a place that never de thaws. So maybe you should brush up on your “awakening”

most fire safety equipment companies won't recharge ones with plastic heads cause removing the head damages the delicate plastic parts and its not worth repairing. However you can still recycle the metal rather than trash it...

@@brianrice1613 yep, i tried.

Probably not able to. I thought the same, but lots of people cheap out and buy non-rechargeable ones. Not sure why, they have less extinguishing capacity, can't be recharged, are easily broken if accidentally dropped. But hey, they save $5

@@brianrice1613 metal head fire extinguisher gang.

@@brianrice1613 hell, theyre great to reuse. you can use a hacksaw after depressurizing it, use it as a crucible for a homemade metal foundry you can make out of sand and plaster which can melt aluminum and copper. great for getting better prices from recycling really focus on reuse with reduce, reuse, recycle

Since I assume you mean to pour the bag out from the top of the chimney that's not likely to be very commonly needed. Wouldn't it maybe be more handy to use the bags for camping and pour them on a campfire when done cooking?

@@TheAnantaSesa Back in the 1980s we had a major uptick of chimney fires in our city. Several of the engine and ladder companies began to put together chimney fire kits including metal trash cans to carry out the fuel load in the fire place or wood stove, long sleeve welders gloves, large tongs and special nozzles to drop into the tops of chimneys to slowly add a steam effect to put out the fire without fracturing the flue linings. Making up dry chemical chimney "baggie bombs" to knock down the fire initially was a part of the kits. They worked fairly well. Often, three or four dropped down the chimney was enough to knock it down. It was thought that they were less likely to be destructive to the flues and were not as messy as initially using water. Chimney fires are messy to begin with. They can also destroy enough of the chimney to spread fire into the structure. In our city, ANY chimney fire, no matter how seemingly minor, earned the structure of the chimney itself as unsafe and a red tag was issued. That's why I said it. It's not a bad idea for a camp fire as you stated. Prevention of the spread of fire in any wilderness? In this day and age, with the destructiveness of a wildfire spreading and endangering the lives and property throughout the world, an once of prevention is certainly something that might keep you out of trouble and garnering a hefty fine and possibly a prison sentence if you're found criminally negligent.

@Randy Porter Which FEs are you referring to? The Kidde plastic headed POSs sold in the home centers? Those? They were a waste of time, money and effort. I don't know but I would think that they were getting a bit of heat from the consumer protection groups from all the complaints of the end users. Extruded plastic heads manufactured without much quality control, prone to warpage from ambient heat and sunlight degradation to the plastic itself, some to a point where the plastic could crumble from hand pressure. A pressure guage held in place, sometimes quite loosely, with a tiny metal clip instead of a threaded base. One shot wonders nearly impossible to be recharged and most of them unlikely to hold the nitrogen, even with the most meticulous attention to the cleaning and re-lubbing of the O-rings. Some of the very earliest ones had nozzles built in to the plastic head and how could it even be filled with gas if there was no threads to hold the fitting for recharging... therefore the Kidde Corporation was making a one and done throwaway piece of crap, instead of a rechargeable, more economical design for the consumer. When anyone brought one in, I would break it down and show them why and how they were not worth attempting to recharge and compare them to the better metal head ones of several manufacturers, all easily cleaned, refilled and recharged with new parts and O-rings easily obtained from the various manufacturers. Ya get whatcha pay for... so, don't go cheap with anything related to fire safety. Don't misunderstand me about Kidde. They did and still do make quality products in their larger sized, non plastic headed extinguishers and other product lines. Their foray into the world of cheap plastic crap was a bad business decision and they created a lot of ill will towards themselves.

I keep an ammo can with chimney bags for just that. But I'm a fireman so I don't expect most to know this

​@@TheAnantaSesa depends on where you live, I started as a rural firefighter and it would take upwards of 30 minutes to get an engine or even brush truck out to you and 75-90% of fires were us just making sure it didn't spread and the structure would be a complete loss. This could save some houses if you have the wherewithal to do this

True

Needs more like😂

LMFAO

Dude!! I came here to say exactly the same thing!!

I just thought "what a BS!" and started looking it up. google autocomplete put "as a fertilizer" after my entry of "fire extinguisher powder" and i was "well at least it is a thing!". Turns out it is somehow true. A big company in Germany recycles extinguishers, which are too old to be refurbished and the powder is sold to a fertilizer plant. It undergoes some kind of treatment, which isn't especially defined, but it ends up in fertilizer. My best guess: it's dried and mixed into the fertilizer.

you keep that many?

Most can be recharged. Some of the plastic head ones can’t/shouldn’t be recharged

Larger, industrial sized ones you can but the smaller, cheaper ones you cant.

@@pootmahgoots8482 Here we can recharge small ones too.

@@SanforJekyll if they have plastic nozzles, you cannot.

True, but the recycling people will sell them back to the manufacturer, like glass coke bottles. These kinds of things are always recycled one way or another.

It varies between wet dry and co2 the dry ones all use the same white fire retardant and the others look different

I bet that shit is full of chemicals

@@entropyincrease864 everything is full of chemicals

@@ianherp5678 there is other types too and how they look are dependent on where you live

@@entropyincrease864 literally everything is full of chemicals

Except for the fact that the extinguisher will likely leak down its remaining pressure because of the remaining powder in the discharge path of the internal workings, chambers and spring loaded, o-ringed piston and seat, allowing a slow outflow of the dry nitrogen gas. A properly cleaned, refilled and recharged extinguisher is a happy extinguisher.

Ever seen the damage a fire causes? As someone who has far too many times I would never trust that to save me from the massive losses a fire causes. Extinguishers should be replaced as directed by the labeling, 6-10 years from the date on the bottom of the bottle. It's also good to occasionally take and shake them, you should feel the powder moving around and if not then tap lightly against a hard object to loosen it up. It will cake up over time and that can cause it not to work. Keep these ready and add some fire gone or other less damaging agents as well. When trying to knock down a fire there's no such thing as overkill...

@@alexkitner5356 it's not overkill if you only have 1 fire extinguisher. Keeping an old one as a spare makes more sense than throwing it away and then only having the new 1. Just bc you buy a new 1 doesn't mean you can't still keep the old one. Eventually every room in the house can have one. Then put one in the car and the shed and so on. They do more good than nothing but you're attitude comes off like everyone is always going to have access to a new one and no one ever saves money by just not buying one ever and takes their chances.

@@mikegrant8490 don't they lose pressure over time without even being used? That's what I think OP means. And regardless, they still have pressure for a while so despite getting a new one after using the old 1 you can still keep the used one as a spare until that pressure finally does leak the rest of the way out.

@@TheAnantaSesa it's not just a question of pressure. If there's a guage and it's red then it's a dry agent which is a powder that over time, particularly time just hanging on the wall, can cake up into a semi solid chunk. All the pressure in the world isn't going to help if the extinguishing agent can't come out. Is it okay to keep an old one? Sure, I have some that are out of date and the safety margins built into that date don't mean that there's a rapid loss of function across the board but that it's when the likelihood of failure outgrows the acceptable margin be it 0% or 80%. I also do some things that I would recommend for anyone, first of all I make a habit of shaking or turning the extinguishers upside down and letting the powder move around and not keep settling and compacting. I also buy new ones for the places that need them like garage, kitchen, shed, etc, when they expire. The old one is okay to try, but it's not okay to rely on it as the only rapid option and yes, the time lost using an old one that fails then getting another from some other location can be the difference between a fire you could extinguish to one you can't or that produces so much smoke you can't get back to it.

Wonder what happens if u drink it

@@fefek1 I feel like there’s a joke to be made here but it’s eluding me….

@@fefek1 same thing that happened to the grass, will happen to u

Right

But would YOU trust it? It's a fire extinguisher with low pressure, not realiable imo.

@@enzoperruccio I wouldn't waste it just because the needle is touching red.

A grease fire in a kitchen for sure. But a HOUSE fire requires a fire truck.

@@thetruthexperiment okay but that's still true if the extinguisher is fully charged

@@ChallengingRiff and the workplace. 👍

The older type that uses the Plastic trigger handles were recalled and a few years ago I was sent new Metal handle type. They never wanted the return of ones I had and I still have those just in case and extra for camping equipment, any where needed, they are still full and have plenty of contents. If you have older plastic type call the recall number, you'll get New ones , but not sure if they are still doing this.

My extinguisher is about 60 years old has full pressure and will work.

Fire extinguisher tech here. That is a disposable extinguisher, it cannot be recharged. Also, like another reply mentions, those plastic handled kidde's had a recall a few years ago due to the stored pressure causing the handles to shatter and explode when someone attempts to use them. The company i work for refuses to insure that kind specifically

If they leak pressure like that and are disposable, this has to be done. But for the most part, the non-disposables, and as long as it was put together properly, a good extinguisher will last a lifetime. It could be refilled or, if unused, theyd top off the pressure and try to find where it leaked out from. I found one that hadnt been touched since '62 the other day, still full of agent and in the green for pressure

No shit

A dangerous lesson to follow. 0 garauntees.

Nope. I had one that was the same place on the gauge, a lil more towards the green actually, had about 1.5 seconds of spray MAX

Unless you need it and you get literally nothing out of it and your house burns down. Worth saving $25?

In fact there are regulations to make sure that "full" is enough to put out a meduium fire, and they should be disposed of if they are at "empty"

That was not proper or safe to put in the recycling bin.

You mean like every chemical they spray farms with?

@@ETAisNOW talk out of your ass much? Hahaha

Exactly smh

dirt is also bad to breathe FYI

@@Garjahn dirt also belongs there

I’m not sure if this is true but I think there is some plant(s) that will absorb the stuff

Humans and plants aren’t the same

ABC dry chem isn't toxic, you don't wanna breathe it because you shouldn't be inhaling lots of fine powder

@@microwave221 yeah, a lot of stuff that we don't consider toxic is bad to breathe a bunch of powder of. That would include things like sawdust which would harmlessly decompose if you spread it around in the woods.

@Edward Elizabeth Hitler It is a problem contributing to blooms in aquatic environments, but not much more so than other fertilizers to my knowledge. The issue only arises in far larger amounts or when introduced directly into water networks, so I certainly wouldn't condone dumping masses of it into storm drains. While the video isn't very rigorous, I very much support the message of not disposing charged pressure vessels, having worked both in fire equipment as well as on the back of a compacting recycling truck.

It doesn't stay in the air forever 💀

Yes because what is good for humans and a yard is infact different. It’s like saying, “puts fertilizer on yard, *but doesn’t eat it” (and for what it’s worth. There’s no way fire extinguisher shit can be used as fertilizer.) there’s stuff in there I know is not “fertilizer”

@@cbearslife4950 Fire extinguisher powder can be recycled in to a fertilizer, they remove the silicone caking agents from it. Taking a quick look at the ingredients in the powder, I can confirm that some plants do in fact prosper with these elements in their soil

Yeah apparently humans have extremely bad perception of airborne particle travel.

People have forgotten how to just enjoy a comment without taking it seriously 😔

He says it’s similar to fertilizer and then sprays the shit straight in the air, not even trying to get it on the ground. Fertilizer is absorbed through the roots and needs to be concentrated near the specific trees.

There aren't any recycling arrows on a fire extinguisher

What do you learn?

@@ww3662Haha nice

@@ww3662 heh, nice.

" " - German officer 1915

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this looks like a powder extinguisher, should be pretty much inert, no? Unless I'm seeing it wrong and this is a PFAS loaded foam extinguisher

@@Netherlands031 nope the powder ones are just as bad if not worse because it's so easy to inhale

I once stole this dudes Xbox 360 with the cords n controller and his bong at this party 😂 I was drunk as hell and I creeped into the hallway and got into the bedrooms. I was making trips from the room to the trunk of the car & on my 3rd trip going back for the stack of games the dude came into the room and was like "wtf!" He turned around and went back into the living room/kitchen area where most the people were at. He yells for his buddies and by then I had made it out the house. They all ran after me (i can't remember for the life of me where I got the fire extinguisher from, but I had one) I pointed it at the group like it was a gun, like "stay back!" And by then my buddies came out and had made it into the car, I jumped in and we took off. I want to say they called the cops while all this was unfolding but I could be wrong & the cops just came cause it was loud & obvious there was a party there with all the cars & ppl. The house was at the bottom of this hill in this residential area & As we were leaving & made it up the hill there was cops heading the other way. I have no idea why that guy who caught me in his room didn't take off of me and try to fuck me up. I know I would have done that if I found someone in my room stealing my stuff 🤣 They were some pussy stoner/surfer type white dudes though. Shit is funny to think back about it now but it was mad fucked up To do that lol 😆 I think they said something to me that pissed me off for me to do that. It's really hard to remember the little details cause this was like 12-14 years ago.

Nah fam. That shit is gonna get on the leaves, kill the plants, and then make perfect fire fuel

@@BMUU666 Thanks Fire Marshall Bill.

shrader valve would work better

Empty, remove top. Drill 7/16 hole near the top, pull through a tubeless tyre/tire valve is the easy way to do it, well except for the rubic's level puzzle of getting the valve to line up with the drilled hole.

@@aaronnoyb they sell this tire valve installer that doesnt need to have the tire unseated , in this case it would work for the extinguisher . you pretty much shove the tire valve stem in from the outside of the object rather through it. ia ya didnt have that tool you could just tie a string to the valve and install the normal way..

@@johndowe7003 Install a valve from the outside, news to me, I will need to investigate further. Thanks.

Brad..thank you for the idea I’ll be testin it out on my Cousin

Spraying it in the air is to disperse it into a wider area

Look up what a foliar spray is. The real issue is that that those chemicals are definitely not going to be helping your plants.

@@thomastailby7926 gardening expert isee

@@Pants13 Yeah. I've been searching the comments to see if anybody even knew what was in the spray and if it might be harmful to plants

Good lord, where do they buy their extinguishers at? $500!?!? Got mine for $20 at Costco 😂😂

@@Megan26Adler sounds like they tacked the usual $250+ deep cleaning/smoke cleaning fees on with the purchase of a new extinguisher lol

That's what I thought he would repurpose it for! Instead of throwing it away like he says not to do in the title.

That particular extinguisher is made out of a thin aluminum. If you want to make a crucible find an old steel CO2 extinguisher.

Ah, good catch.

Bruh if your name is "Terp" anything you BETTER find gardening information useful

@@Direblade11 I have some bad news for you...you aren't getting ANY time back, regardless if it was wasted or not

@@ThomasSawyers Eh, I'm not an alcoholic and I've got a career you wouldn't expect from a stoner :)

This is cool n all but who actually has a fire extinsher in their house?

@@Fanwithnblades I used to carry one in my daily driver

@@TechDeath28 nice

@@Fanwithnblades anyone with a brain

@@pieguy203 yeah bs no one has these in there house not saying you shouldn't just saying. K one actually has these in there house

As a general rule of thumb if the top handle of the fire extinguisher is plastic it is a one-time use.

@@leventsl Then they still probably have a better destination for the can itself than a landfil.

@@deldarel %100 but getting them recharged is not one of them. Emptying the contents and unscrewing the head and recycling the cylinder is about the best you can do with a cheap disposable.

What’s next to nothing tho? Most people would rather die in a fire than pay $100 for someone to come out and recharge their fire extinguishers

@@leventsl emptying what ever the contents are into the environment is ok as long as it gets to be melted down again?

You're absolutely right ! . . . He should have tossed it in the recycle bin 😌

Just following what the fire folks said to do, these can't go in a recycle container

Calm down toots, not that big of a deal

@@369Sigma nothing is for a simpleton

@@jackster2568 ok

Yep, also many ABC powder have chems toxic to fish and other wild life.

Yeah common sense should tell you just because it's got one good thing in it doesn't mean it's going to be all good for a given task, especially if it's original purpose wasn't that.

Imprecise, there are various types of fire extinguisher with different fire retardants, depending on application, and the original video even neglects to mention the type he has ☹️

But he read it on the internet somewhere and probably spent AT LEAST 3 minutes researching, so it must be fantastic for the environment, right? Lol

@@StormcallR yeah. Upsetting how many likes there are. We all need to collectively read up on forever chemicals and eliminate them from our lives. We're running out of time.

To be fair I've used a full one and it usually sprays out faster and without as much clumping

Barely sifted out 2lbs of ABC dry chem. It's supposed to shoot out with enough force to keep you from needing to be directly on top of the fire, was well as giving it a chance to spread out and coat the fuel source. This one wasn't completely depressurized, but certainly bad enough that it should be removed from service before it leaked anymore

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Foam?

You can clearly see halfway into him spraying that the POWDER is barely coming out of the extinguisher.

How was it a waste if it was low on pressure and needed to be replaced?

@@taterjoe5523 The man said there was plenty left. Did you not watch the video?

It would have put out a fire

@@Vernas_R no... just no.. stay tuned for my next comment

@@ruckus__ probably not.

Came here to say the same. Kudos

Exactly. This entire video is ridiculous, along with the cymbal who created it.

Also they are rechargeable so even just spraying it without putting out a fire is a waste.

Or just re-filled and used as a fire extinguisher they can be recharged hundreds of times!

So many things he could have done to really not throw it away! This video is ridiculous.

He said to use the fire extinguishers as fertilizer, not your.... Nevermind

@@masonmethot3186 damn...

Some fire extinguishers are not refillable.

Not these ones, they are disposable

Or you could do five seconds of research before leaving a stupid and douchy comment 🤔

@@SilverCymbal I have this one, i refill it every year- why wouldn't it be refillable? Is si much cheaper to do

@@eljuaco428 those units say right on the label do not recharge but whatever u say

Same. 30-06 FMJ

Same. Was the only rational thing to do i think

Best way and only way to empty the fire extinguishers

Same!

America moment

You can see in the video that he has two cans, and the one he put it in looks like it has other metals and recyclables in it.

We will be more than happy to mine landfills in about 50 years. So by all means throw shit away. Just keep out of the ocean.

@@thetruthexperiment Wait why will we be?

Or you could just throw it away and not be a coward.

Depends on the type

LMFAO

As a fire extinguisher technician I can confirm that this is indeed sometimes the case. But don’t kick it down a hill to loosen it up 😆 Just turn it upside down and tap it a bit with a rubber mallet. That should be all it needs.

How much do they charge?

That one isn’t rechargeable. I just bought a couple of them today at Home Depot. The rechargeable type is about $50 new, vs 2 of these disposables for $30.

Fire departments don’t refill fire extinguishers except for the water extinguishers for themselves.You need to go to a fire equipment supply and service company.

@@rj4590 Are you serious? Are you even in the United States? If you are search it up, every single fire department does it.

@@Greasyfingers60 china, or any reusable plate, is more expensive than paper plates. Do you only eat off paper?

Depends on the type of the extinguishers

@@frogmeme9332 thar abc dust he sprayed will. It also is highly corrosive to metal.

@@WhiteSandsMbuna maybe if you inhaled the entire contents. Just like a Sodium Bicarbonate AB(E) extinguisher, they're only mildly irritating to respiration but easily resolved when exposed to fresh air. General use domestic extinguishers would be useless if they were extremely dangerous in confined spaces and their viability depended on 'correct' usage.

@@WhiteSandsMbuna it’s not “highly corrosive” the correct term is mildly corrosive and it is corrosive if left on it for a period of time. ABC DRY chemical is not some lethal chemical, they wouldn’t put it in an extinguisher if you couldn’t be exposed to in short periods of time. Please don’t tell us fire life safety guys how our equipment works. I do extinguisher work and refill ABC extinguisher daily, you wear a mask bc that shit is like dust. But it can cause at most irritation to the skin or upon being inhaled. 😮‍💨🤣

ABC dry chem is irritating to breathe, but no more than any other fine powder. CO2, the old halons, or the halotron extinguishers that replaced them could suffocate you, but only in a closed environment and far larger amounts than the size pictured.