User:Mct/flammables-cabinet-cleanup

i am interested in cleaning up the flammables cabinet, not least for my own selfish ends: i like to use the solvents stored in there, and have a hell of a time finding what i want to use and putting it back when i'm done.

i like coming up with and implementing organization schemes, and i especially like throwing away clutter that annoys me. i would be more than happy to do as much of this as i can on my own, but since it appears that no small part of the flammable things are owned by people, it seems like a good idea to get general approval (or, at least, no vehement disapproval) before making any moves on this.

open questions

before the cleanup starts, these should be answered. italicized bullets are my own commentary, and bold bullets are answers.

• should we move the cabinet to the loading dock?
  • once the cabinet has been emptied, can this be done with just a pallet jack or something?
• what criteria should be used to determine ownership?
  • anything with a name on it?
  • anything with a name on it that isn't obviously dried up / empty?
• what criteria should be used to decide disposal?
  • anything empty?
  • anything nearly empty?
  • anything mostly empty, leaking, shitty, or which i otherwise want to throw out?
• where do we properly dispose of things which it is has been determined should be thrown out?
  • the household chemical & computer recycling facility, on goose island
    • website says they accept "residential waste only". does ps1's stuff count? can the disposal party masquerade as a homeowner who happens to have hoarded a bunch of hazardous stuff?
    • a 15 minute, 4.5 mile drive from the shop
  • the government doesn't let me drive; beg a member to drive a rented home depot pickup?
• how should the cabinet be organized?
  • containers of different sizes have different shelf height requirements
    • can the cabinet's shelves be adjusted?
    • should the determination of which shelf to put a container on be one purely based on size?
      • should there also be thematic shelves?
  • within a shelf, how should the containers be separated
    • by type? e.g. solvent, coating?
    • by use? e.g. wood finish, paint thinner, cleaning solvent?
    • by container appearance?
      • only mostly joking
  • should owned, nonpublic containers be separated from unowned, public ones?
    • should owned, nonpublic containers be allowed in the flammables cabinet?
    • how is the cabinet's current population distributed, between owned & unowned containers?
• how should the reorganization proceed?
  • does it need to be done in one go?
    • can we stick red-ticket containers somewhere else, e.g. on a table nearby for people to see?
    • stopping midway through would probably make the thing much less likely to be completed, so we should probably strive for one-go
  • should we first take an inventory, note red-ticketed items, post it to the group, wait a few weeks, and then go through with the actual cleanout / reorganization?
    • would run the risk of the inventory getting out of date, tho probably not severely