Originally Posted by DirtyOilGuy
it was bothering me that i was throwing away thick plastic jugs out in the trash...spent couple hours looking online and calling different places to see if they take plastic bottles/jugs that at one point had fresh OR used oil in them, and all of those places either sounded confused or said that they don't take those and that they go in the regular trash bins.
as for the recycling symbol on the bottom...i'm merely speculating, but i feel as though they have to put those on there due to some law or something? it just means hey look this bottle uses "whatever" plastic which is recyclable however; we can't guarantee that it'll be recyclable once it's been contaminated, aka used/fresh oil. as you might know, same thing goes for cardboard. it's recyclable, but they won't take cardboard that has grease stains and such.
something about not being able to separate the oil from the plastic during the melting or whatever process?
https://cfpub.epa.gov/ncer_abstracts/index.cfm/fuseaction/display.highlight/abstract/7974
-It has been shown that an "empty" 1-quart plastic bottle contains 1 to 2 ounces of oil.
-It has been estimated that 2 billion bottles are disposed of annually, the majority in sanitary landfills.
-An estimated 260 million pounds of recyclable plastic and an estimated 16 million gallons of recyclable oil are thrown away each year.
-Scientist Develops Way to Recycle Used Motor Oil Containers-
https://www.lsuagcenter.com/portals...way-to-recycle-used-motor-oil-containers
You are the perfect target customer for the new bag in a box oils.