Empty Calor gas canisters

CaptainWales

Anybody know what to do with these? My local shop ssid that they wouldnt take them back unless i entered into a new agreement with them to buy a new one. Seems odd.

oldernonethewiser

My local council recycling centre takes them, check with yours.

ThisIsWeird

Lol!

You have an empty gas tank? You lucky lucky bar stew...

A mate with a camper van visited recently, and he bemoaned the fact that you simply cannot buy an empty gas cylinder to get refilled. They are soooo rare that they sell for £80 upwards.

So, eBay or similar.

And that'll be 15%, thankooverymush.

Section62

ThisIsWeird said:

A mate with a camper van visited recently, and he bemoaned the fact that you simply cannot buy an empty gas cylinder to get refilled. They are soooo rare that they sell for £80 upwards.

Calor rationalised their range of cylinders recently (I think early last year) which means some sizes are now NLA... your mate's experience may be with one of the deleted sizes, I'm not sure it is a universal problem with all cylinders (but could be wrong).

One of the problems people were having is where the cylinder holder has a maximum size which corresponds to one of the deleted ones.  Switching to the next smaller size equates to hassle in terms of having to get a refill more frequently and/or paying more per kg.  So sourcing a cylinder of the optimum size is what the second-hand market was all about.

jennifernil

Council recycling centre, or your local Freecycle and/or Facebook pages.   You may also have a local Calor centre that will take them, or maybe a scrapyard.

jennifernil

ThisIsWeird said:

Lol!

You have an empty gas tank? You lucky lucky bar stew...

A mate with a camper van visited recently, and he bemoaned the fact that you simply cannot buy an empty gas cylinder to get refilled. They are soooo rare that they sell for £80 upwards.

So, eBay or similar.

And that'll be 15%, thankooverymush.

He could invest in a refillable Gaslow or Safefill cylinder, especially good if he uses a lot of gas or holidays abroad.   Much cheaper to fill than a Calor.   They can be refilled at most LPG pumps.

MisterNick

Calor dealers used to take other makes but that is no longer the case. I found out when i tried to exchange an avanti bottle at a Calor dealer.
Our recycling centre charges for gas bottles

lushplus4

I sold mine for about £20 on facebook marketplace

FreeBear

jennifernil said:

Council recycling centre, or your local Freecycle and/or Facebook pages.   You may also have a local Calor centre that will take them, or maybe a scrapyard.

These cylinders remain the property of Calor and can not be disposed of at recycling centres or scrap yards (both should be refusing to take them). Empty cylinders should be returned to Calor for safe disposal & recycling.

Call Calor, and they should be able to arrange collection without requiring you to enter in to a new contract or purchase a refill - https://www.calor.co.uk/gas-bottles/refills-and-returns/returns

edit- Those little lightweight CampGaz type canisters as used for camping, just puncture and pop in to the recycling bin.

Section62

FreeBear said:

jennifernil said:

Council recycling centre, or your local Freecycle and/or Facebook pages.   You may also have a local Calor centre that will take them, or maybe a scrapyard.

These cylinders remain the property of Calor and can not be disposed of at recycling centres or scrap yards (both should be refusing to take them). Empty cylinders should be returned to Calor for safe disposal & recycling.

Call Calor, and they should be able to arrange collection without requiring you to enter in to a new contract or purchase a refill - https://www.calor.co.uk/gas-bottles/refills-and-returns/returns

edit- Those little lightweight CampGaz type canisters as used for camping, just puncture and pop in to the recycling bin.

Yes, scrap yards usually hate taking gas cylinders due to the safety risks.

But I remember hearing something about the main cylinder companies coming to some kind of arrangement with the scrap metal industry for the yards to accept cylinders that the companies would then collect and reuse or dispose of safely.  I don't know whether that came to anything.  Likewise, it is possible some councils have made arrangements to collect cylinders at HWS/HRC locations.  There was a lot of concern about 'orphaned' cylinders being flytipped and the obvious safety issues that posed. (ditto old fire extinguishers)

chrisw

Our council recycling centre won't take them. I ended up giving mine away free on Freecycle when that was popular.