Motor oil

[Jake Olsen]

Oriellys also takes it with a little information.

 

[jack casey]

WalMart’s auto center accepts used waste oil from individuals, free of charge. I just use a couple of milk jugs when I turn it in, so as to avoid needing to get the container back from them.
They just ask ya to log a name & address and # of quarts. Easy peasy!

Geez! I live in Rockland County, NY which runs 'Household Hazardous Waste Drop-off Facility,' we call it hazmat depot. Oils, chemicals, gasoline, lite bulbs, electronics, pharmaceuticals, you name it. I thought every state did this.
Cheers, Jack

 

[-CӞ]

Geez! I live in Rockland County, NY which runs 'Household Hazardous Waste Drop-off Facility,' we call it hazmat depot. Oils, chemicals, gasoline, lite bulbs, electronics, pharmaceuticals, you name it. I thought every state did this.
Cheers, Jack

our municipality (Olathe, KS) also has a hazardous household waste collection program, sounds very similar.
but their collection hours are limited, so it is rather less convenient than dropping used oil at WalMarts.

Jack, thanks for bringing the municipal program(s) to our attention. It is certainly a good option for the homeowner with oil/chemicals/paint/etc. to dispose of.

 

[Mac Stevens]

Works great preserving wood trailer decking … so I’ve heard.

 

[Curt Doles]

Advance Auto also accepts used oil. I buy my oil in 2 1/2 gallon jugs and use them to recycle.
I also have a friend with an oil burning furnace, if he doesn't need the oil, it goes to Advance.

 

[Jay Fetters]

I have a classic car retoration business. We have some waste oil and gasoline. We use Safety Clean to pick up this stuff. They came this week and took off 10 gallons of oil gasoline. They charged $19.33 per gallon! Is that robbery or not. We will just keep the gasoline and use it on a burn pile or something.

If I was in your area, I'd pay YOU a dollar a gallon for that old gas, and just dilute it in my old Ford. That 5.8 will suck down anything!!!

 

[jlord]

I guess I'm lucky. In the town I live in in southern California, The recycling center gives you $0.10 a quart for used motor oil. They also take brake fluid, antifreeze, hydraulic oil, tranny fluid, etc, but no cash for those. They always take the usual E-waste. All of it anytime.
I guess it's because in other towns in my area, some idiots actually pour their auto fluids down the storm drains!

 

[stucker]

Thinking has changed since this 1963 article

 

[tkhoffman]

I guess I'm lucky. In the town I live in in southern California, The recycling center gives you $0.10 a quart for used motor oil. They also take brake fluid, antifreeze, hydraulic oil, tranny fluid, etc, but no cash for those. They always take the usual E-waste. All of it anytime.
I guess it's because in other towns in my area, some idiots actually pour their auto fluids down the storm drains!

Cali. Like our current Administration, thinks money is endless. Where is 0.10 cents coming from?
A few local service stations have oil burner heaters. They take it from some of us as they've been burned by idiots giving them engine oil with who knows what in it.. Water, antifreeze, etc
Local stores are only stocking Rotella T4 in 3 gallon plastic bags that are in cardboard boxes. Most small diesel engine take 2.5 gallons. They used to sell it in 2.5 gallon jugs. What's the deal with that? Who wants a half gallon BAG of oil laying around? Not to mention the loss of 'old oil ' container.

 

[jlord]

Cali. Like our current Administration, thinks money is endless. Where is 0.10 cents coming from?
A few local service stations have oil burner heaters. They take it from some of us as they've been burned by idiots giving them engine oil with who knows what in it.. Water, antifreeze, etc
Local stores are only stocking Rotella T4 in 3 gallon plastic bags that are in cardboard boxes. Most small diesel engine take 2.5 gallons. They used to sell it in 2.5 gallon jugs. What's the deal with that? Who wants a half gallon BAG of oil laying around? Not to mention the loss of 'old oil ' container.

When I spoke with the office folks at the recycle center, they told me they get paid for the used oil and antifreeze by a contractor who sells it to a refiner near Long Beach.
Current spot price of crude is about $90 a barrel. There are 168 quarts to the barrel. The city is paying $16.80 for a barrel of mostly pre-refined oil, so I'm sure they're making money on this deal.
Because I know this city is litigation savvy, I am sure the contractor has been thoroughly vetted as to the legitimacy of their operations. They've been doing this for over 20 years.

 

[HKCooper44]

Our small town installed two large tanks in a three-sided enclosure for people to dump their used engine oil. The town sells it to a concern that processes it into industrial fuel.

 

[jack casey]

our municipality (Olathe, KS) also has a hazardous household waste collection program, sounds very similar.
but their collection hours are limited, so it is rather less convenient than dropping used oil at WalMarts.

Jack, thanks for bringing the municipal program(s) to our attention. It is certainly a good option for the homeowner with oil/chemicals/paint/etc. to dispose of.

I shud have added, my Bimmer X5 holds 8 qts oil and it gets changed at my local service station, J & J Automotive, Pearl River. They never ask if I want the old oil back.
Cheers, Jack