I've been an electronics tech for over 50 years and in that time have emptied my solder suckers in the bin quite a few thousand times.

A couple years ago I had to solder up the petrol tank on my Honda generator and used a lot of solder. Anyway, in the process I wondered just how much solder waste I tip in the bin  ...  so from then on I just emptied it into a plastic spraycan lid.

Since then I filled two of them and because I have a plumbing type job coming up, yesterday I melted it all down. There was lots of rubbish in it but it seperated very well and looks quite useful to me.

It ended up being 4 inches in diameter and weighs 550 grams! I hate to think just how much I have wasted in 50 years.    

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Edited 2025-05-24 20:07 by rogerdw