I just started casting a few months ago. Right now and for the foreseeable future, my needs are limited to muzzleloaders and 'normal' handgun cartridges (i.e. nothing smaller than a .38 Special and nothing bigger than a .45 Colt). This has meant that I'm able to play around in the 'kiddie pool' level of bullet casting, and the questions I've had were all easily answered, thus far.
Except one.
After finding a semi-reliable source for wheelweights, I have accumulated a half-bucket of clips, dross, slag, iron weights, and a handful of zinc weights.
What do you do with this stuff? Any reason I shouldn't dump it in the trash next week, or just give it to the recycler guy down the road, or what? Any special handling considerations when getting rid of scraps that are full of lead and other similar metals?