So after reading through all the various tek's, my biggest question is about clean-up. This seems to be something quite lacking. The FAQ points to a forum discussion that pretty much just says to flush the basified stuff down the toilet.
That's fine for the bases, but what about the solvents? Keep in mind that some people are on well & septic, and don't want to contaminate their water supply.
I suppose that naphtha isn't too big a deal to let evaporate or burn off, but as some of the extraction teks here (i.e. for cactus extractions) use xylene or toluene, it would be good to have some better information on how to properly and safely clean up after working with these things.
Most googling about these chemicals recommends use of some sort of hazardous waste disposal depot, but I somehow doubt you want to do something so... trackable.
Likewise, I really don't think we should be contaminating city sewage water with these solvents, so there has to be a good alternative.
This brings another question -- how do you properly clean your glassware? These non-polar solvents don't mix with water, so what do you use to wash the glassware, and then how do you dispose of whatever you wash it with?
Thanks
