I'm having trouble finding a way to dispose of sodium hydroxide solution with plant fragments in it.

[sunset35]

I'm having trouble finding a way to dispose of sodium hydroxide solution with plant fragments in it. Is there any way to make it a little less toxic, such as by adding acid to neutralize it?

 

[Tripolation]

Toilet?

 

[Varallo]

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Safe disposal of basic stew

Is it safe to flush the leftovers of the NaOH and plant matter stew down the toilet? Or should the Ph be neutralized with vinegar or something first?

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[drpotato]

if you go to the pool shop you can purchase, very VERY cheaply, bulk bags of sodium bicarbonate ph buffer. this reacts with hydroxide to form nice safe only mildly basic carbonate, and it doesnt foam up when you do it. This can make it a lot safer to store the soup in things like plastic bottles or drums pending a better method of disposal if you cant flush trace naptha or hydroxide down there, though you usually can, this isnt even very concentrated sodium hydroxide, its likely no different than what is normally present in stabilized bleach cleaners

 

[sunset35]

if you go to the pool shop you can purchase, very VERY cheaply, bulk bags of sodium bicarbonate ph buffer. this reacts with hydroxide to form nice safe only mildly basic carbonate, and it doesnt foam up when you do it. This can make it a lot safer to store the soup in things like plastic bottles or drums pending a better method of disposal if you cant flush trace naptha or hydroxide down there, though you usually can, this isnt even very concentrated sodium hydroxide, its likely no different than what is normally present in stabilized bleach cleaners

Does this mean I should add baking soda?
Or does it mean I should buy a ph buffer?

 

[EmeraldAtomiser]

Straight down the water closet.