Motor Oil disposal

[Pat]

This may be old news but it was new to me. What to do with the old oil from your car(s)? The local auto parts stores will take it and dispose of it for you, free of charge.

I tested this out and went two two Advance Auto Parts and one Auto Zone stores and they indicated they would take the old oil.

However, the quick oil change firms would not.

Please don't throw the used oil down the drain or on the ground as it really contaminates the environment.

Regards,

[Marauderjack]

SCE&G burns it at a steam station producing electricity for us......storage tanks are at every garbage collection station in the state!!! :beer::D

[bobsawyer7]

In Connecticut most Transfer Stations (the dump) will take it . No charge . Yet!

[SID210SA]

Here I have no problem taking it to Jiffy lube to dump my old oil...free of charge...

[ixlr8]

I always take mine to the local parts store. They eventually get used to me walking to the back of the store (beyond the cash registers) without talking to anyone first. Of course I usually have a heavy drain pan in my hands so it's not really like there is a question of what I am up to.

[fastblackmerc]

Most FLAPS and quick change places will take used oil, just don't bring 10 gallons at a time :eek:

Always good to check first. I transfer my used oil back into a couple of 5 quart Mobile 1 container for easy transport.

[musclemerc]

I store it in a 5 gal. painters bucket and then off to the FLAPS it goes!;)

[Bigdogjim]

In the State of New Jersey it is the law that if you sell motor oil you must recycle it. Quick change Companys sell it as part of a "service" so they skirt the law here. Wal-Mart, K-Mart and other will take it.

[jonroe]

I have 3 of those large plastic cat litter containers that I fill up over time while changing oil on our 4 cars. When I'm full I go to the county dump - no problem. I just have to be careful transferring the used oil from the drain pan to the jugs - if you don't pay close attention, it's all over the place!

When I was a kid, no such thing existed and I remember me and my Dad (mid-1960s) digging holes in the backyard and burying the oil and the filter! each time! Ah, the good old days.

[Dragcity]

If in or near Southbury CT, give it to my Brother for his heater....

[Zack]

I load up my trunk every few months and dump the oil (in containers) outside the back door of Pep Boys...under the cover of darkness.

I refuse to fill out the stupid forms.

[n00bkiller944]

For me at advance auto parts you just put your name, address, and phone number and you can dump away in their container...

[Iowa Rick]

If you spread it on your gravel road it keeps the dust down and kills the weeds...........

[J D]

When I was a kid, no such thing existed and I remember me and my Dad (mid-1960s) digging holes in the backyard and burying the oil and the filter! each time! Ah, the good old days.

Ah the cycle of life, returning it from whence it came :D


For me at advance auto parts you just put your name, address, and phone number and you can dump away in their container...

Wow, that's borderline socialism. For Me, just walk in, wave at the guy behind the counter, hold up the oil catch, walk through to the back to the garage, and dump the oil in an almost full barrel.

Who says there's no more personal service in the city! ;)


I load up my trunk every few months and dump the oil (in containers) outside the back door of Pep Boys...under the cover of darkness.

I refuse to fill out the stupid forms.

Watch out for those pesky security cameras :up:

[n00bkiller944]

If you spread it on your gravel road it keeps the dust down and kills the weeds...........

I hope you don't actually do this... :confused:

[n00bkiller944]

Wow, that's borderline socialism. :up:

Yeah, I do enjoy making up names to put on that... I think I was Julio Brown last time :)

[Jolly Roger]

My buddy has a waste oil burning heater to heat his auto repair shop.
My used stuff goes to him.
If its to late in the evening Murray's or Autozone get the stuff.

[PSG]

isn' that why we pay sewer use tax, the toilet !!! no seriously i have a waste oil furnace in my shop, so if your near seymour ct. you can drop it off to me

[CKMustangCobra]

I have a 5gal drum that I take to Advance Auto Parts when it gets full.

[1stMerc]

I bought the oil change container specifically for this and take it to one of the FLAPs to dump and buy the oil for the next oil change. no problem

[Joe Walsh]

If you spread it on your gravel road it keeps the dust down and kills the weeds among other things...........

They once did that all over the country with old transformer oil...unfortunately it was full of PCBs.

I save my used oil in big detergent jugs and take it to the county recycling center, along with my used oil filters.