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I just got a call from a friend who is about 30 miles from me. Anyway, his mother is near death, and he has been going through her stuff.  He just found a half empty glass bottle of DDT.  What does he do with it?
 
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Many cities have a recycling or hazmat disposal dropoff for free.  Things like batteries, light bulbs, chemicals... I would start there as they would likely have a system in place to keep ick out of the soil and water table. If not, they probably know somewhere.
 
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I'd take it to the county solid waste transfer station. They have a facility like R's described above.
 
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I will begin making phone calls. I am from a tiny county of 8000, but the person who called me is from one much larger.
 
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Doug's evil twin says "sell it on ebay! Vintage DDT!"

Nah, don't do that.
 
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According to this ad, you should be able to find a lot of uses for it.
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