I use those Blitz black used oil containers, dump them in the waste oil container at Auto Zone, take them home & refill them again. Not 100% sure why a fully drained clean oil jug would not be recyclable? What would it be turned into, exactly?
You and I may thoroughly drain them, but many people don't. I suspect that's why recycling facilities typically won't take them. The county recycling center here will take them, but makes me stand them upside-down in their drain rack---which is ridiculous when I've already drained them longer they have time to leave them there. Whether they ever actually get recycled, I don't know. It's the same material (HDPE) as milk jugs and plastic grocery bags.I use those Blitz black used oil containers, dump them in the waste oil container at Auto Zone, take them home & refill them again. Not 100% sure why a fully drained clean oil jug would not be recyclable? What would it be turned into, exactly?
My local municipality specifically says no automotive fluid containers so even if I were to soap and water the oil out of the jugs, the sorting crews would probably send them to the landfill anywayLet the oil drain out of the jugs and then recycle them. We must put think in our thoughts..
Plastic with any oil at all left in it will contaminate the whole batch of recycled plastic and make it unusable. Used oil jugs are not acceptable in recycled plastic.Let the oil drain out of the jugs and then recycle them. We must put think in our thoughts..
Plastic is made from petroleum so I really don't understand "oil-contaminated bottles" if we are talking about new oil containers. Used oil is clearly contamination / borderline haz mat. But fresh oil? WTH?
Yes it’s made from petroleum but it’s not oil. Just like sodium chloride is made from sodium metal and chlorine but it’s neither one of those anymore. Most any plastic is going to be inert but motor oil is not.Plastic is made from petroleum so I really don't understand "oil-contaminated bottles" if we are talking about new oil containers. Used oil is clearly contamination / borderline haz mat. But fresh oil? WTH?
When I worked at an electric company pure mineral oil for transformers new was not considered “hazardous waste” or “hazardous materials” The used transformer oil is “hazardous waste” What new motor oil containers is not is “hazardous waste”.Yes it’s made from petroleum but it’s not oil. Just like sodium chloride is made from sodium metal and chlorine but it’s neither one of those anymore. Most any plastic is going to be inert but motor oil is not.
We don’t do that at my dealership. We rarely have individual quarts in stock either oil isn’t a big seller probably because of the high markup. I can see how it would save money buying the bulk but I just don’t trust any bulk oil. I actually don’t think I’ve seen anyone come in asking about bulk oil but that does seem something that may appeal to some if we did sell it.
They won't take them here. They throw them in the trash.Let the oil drain out of the jugs and then recycle them. We must put think in our thoughts..
But rotten food is ok? I see that all the time but maybe they throw that away too?Plastic with any oil at all left in it will contaminate the whole batch of recycled plastic and make it unusable. Used oil jugs are not acceptable in recycled plastic.