if they sell oil, they have to take it here in NY...
I prefer to burn it.
JUST KIDDING
I prefer to burn it.
JUST KIDDING
Used oil - how do you dispose of it?
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When in California I regularly saw our bretheren from below the border dump their used oil into the storm drain alongside the street. Even saw a car parked a couple times atop the drain as the oil gurbled out. Rankled me but experience taught me to ignore it..... if they thought you were the one who reported them either your physical safety and/or car tires were at risk of retaliation.
One of a multitude of reasons California was abandoned and fled to the shanty on the blizzard-swept tornado-ridden plains of the great cultural backwater of Nebraska.
Here, I frequent the local privately-owned auto/truck repair facility that uses the ancient gas station that once serviced the autos of yore as they traveled upon the Lincoln Highway. It's HISTORIC!!!!!!! Nice bloke that owns the place. Frank's Repair. Stopped once for advice about replacing the Previa's alternator. He offered to stop by after he closed to give me a hand..... no charge!!!! Was able to do the task myself using his advice. Anyway..... Frank has a rather large metal tank for used oil outside the shop, accesible 24/7. All the dumpee asks is that the dumper closes the tanks cover afterwards to keep the rain and snow out.
By-the-way buckaroos...... one of the couple bricked sections remaining of the Lincoln Highway is just down the road from the shanty. It's HISTORIC!!!!!!!!! Despite attempts to use it to draw tourists and enrich the local coffers efforts have been nil. A couple years ago a tour bus packed with old codgers did appear to observe the bricked section and read the historical "monument" alongside the road. That event made the local weekly paper's headline. Great excitement hereabouts as visions of a horde of decrepit old codgers descending upon the burgh to "cruise the bricks" and spend money entered the greedy little heads of the local elite class.
No more tour busses reported since then. And, as the generation that recalls the Lincoln Highway is steadily planted in the ground, the prospect of future tourist-type folks dwindles.
Not sad in the shanty. Who needs hordes of humans hereabouts, anyway. The shanty is located on the non-brick section of the old Lincoln Highway. Do not want crowds. No!!!!
Scat!!!!!! Go away!!!!!! Leave us old coots ALONE!!!!!!!!!
One of a multitude of reasons California was abandoned and fled to the shanty on the blizzard-swept tornado-ridden plains of the great cultural backwater of Nebraska.
Here, I frequent the local privately-owned auto/truck repair facility that uses the ancient gas station that once serviced the autos of yore as they traveled upon the Lincoln Highway. It's HISTORIC!!!!!!! Nice bloke that owns the place. Frank's Repair. Stopped once for advice about replacing the Previa's alternator. He offered to stop by after he closed to give me a hand..... no charge!!!! Was able to do the task myself using his advice. Anyway..... Frank has a rather large metal tank for used oil outside the shop, accesible 24/7. All the dumpee asks is that the dumper closes the tanks cover afterwards to keep the rain and snow out.
By-the-way buckaroos...... one of the couple bricked sections remaining of the Lincoln Highway is just down the road from the shanty. It's HISTORIC!!!!!!!!! Despite attempts to use it to draw tourists and enrich the local coffers efforts have been nil. A couple years ago a tour bus packed with old codgers did appear to observe the bricked section and read the historical "monument" alongside the road. That event made the local weekly paper's headline. Great excitement hereabouts as visions of a horde of decrepit old codgers descending upon the burgh to "cruise the bricks" and spend money entered the greedy little heads of the local elite class.
No more tour busses reported since then. And, as the generation that recalls the Lincoln Highway is steadily planted in the ground, the prospect of future tourist-type folks dwindles.
Not sad in the shanty. Who needs hordes of humans hereabouts, anyway. The shanty is located on the non-brick section of the old Lincoln Highway. Do not want crowds. No!!!!
Scat!!!!!! Go away!!!!!! Leave us old coots ALONE!!!!!!!!!
That's happening here, too.
When I lived in New Hampshire (left there 11 years ago) it was (and still is as far as I know) a common practice to oil undercoat your vehicles every fall as a rust preventive measure. This consisted of motor oil being sprayed under the car and in wheel wells, etc. Many of the places that did this offered a choice of new oil or used oil. I always went with the new oil, but lots of people went with used oil because it cost a little less.
Your car would drip oil for a day or two afterwards. Great for the environment!
Your car would drip oil for a day or two afterwards. Great for the environment!
In the 12000 gallon #5 oil tank at work.
It is a treat compared to what it burns even if it is only a gallon here & there.
H-e-l-l clean motor oil is like a expensive French diner in comparison.
It is a treat compared to what it burns even if it is only a gallon here & there.
H-e-l-l clean motor oil is like a expensive French diner in comparison.
Our city dump/recycling center takes so much at a time (I think 6 gallons?) for free and recycles it properly. Any more than that at once you have to pay a fee, but they still take it all. Only 20 minutes away. If thats too far many shops will take it also. Don't pour your oil down the drain, in this day in age theres a million places to dispose of it properly.
I've never liked taking the used oil to most of the stores that are required to take it. They act like I'm bothering them usually, and I probably am. We do have 1 place that takes donations and collects it 24/7. It is out of my way but less of a hassle since I can just pull up and dump it in their tank.
I give it to my next door neighbor. He runs an heavy equiipment dealership and they use it to heat their service area with. They have a 3,000 gallon tank for storing it. He'll take every drop he can get his hands on, all year round. Of course, he jokes that he could take my "used" oil and run it through a paper towel as a filter and re-use it.
I'd rather it be recycled, but this is good enough for me.
I'd rather it be recycled, but this is good enough for me.
Salem gets to recycle every other week? Here, NEAR the "Big City" of Portland ("Sodom on the Willamette"), we recycle at the curb every Wednesday: just put the oil in 1 gallon milk jugs.
The official recycling center across the river in Oregon City accepts HM wastes (paint, anti-freeze, insecticides, etc.) from "households within the district" for free. There are some quantity limitations but you can basically clean out the equivalent of a couple years worth of old paint cans, etc. from your garage every time...
They pick up a yard debris container (bigger than the garbage container) and a "regular" recycling container (bigger than the yard debris & the garbage container) for paper, plastic, cans, cardboard, junk mail, etc. once a week, too. Glass & metal goes in a rectangular container bigger than the ones the Post Offices uses (& often loses)...
Just about the only thing (besides the Library) that is properly handled around here, IMHO!
Cheers!
The official recycling center across the river in Oregon City accepts HM wastes (paint, anti-freeze, insecticides, etc.) from "households within the district" for free. There are some quantity limitations but you can basically clean out the equivalent of a couple years worth of old paint cans, etc. from your garage every time...
They pick up a yard debris container (bigger than the garbage container) and a "regular" recycling container (bigger than the yard debris & the garbage container) for paper, plastic, cans, cardboard, junk mail, etc. once a week, too. Glass & metal goes in a rectangular container bigger than the ones the Post Offices uses (& often loses)...
Just about the only thing (besides the Library) that is properly handled around here, IMHO!
Cheers!
In Canada we have the Used Oil Management Association (UOMA) which regulates waste oil, oil containers and filters. About UOMA:
http://www.usedoilrecycling.com/en/faqs.aspx?id=72&prov=2
I take my used oil products to Canadian Tire.
http://www.usedoilrecycling.com/en/faqs.aspx?id=72&prov=2
I take my used oil products to Canadian Tire.
No way you're as afraid of your wife as Al Gore is afraid of Tipper..
THAT broad scares the hail outt me!
THAT broad scares the hail outt me!
Dump it on your Senator's front lawn. Juan--Las Vegas.
I dig a hole and put it back were it came from.
JTK
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The Autozones in my area allow you to dump your used oil into their collection tank hassle free. Usually I collected it in gal jugs and drop it off after hours at a local chain repair shop notorious for ripping people off. I call it the drop 'n dash.
Joel
Joel
Anyway I am looking to leave to New Zealand, had enough of these murdering savages over here.
I see I now live in the most dangerous non-war town in the world...we had 18500 murders last year in a population of 45M.
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We have that all the time here in SA, these clowns park right outside the spares shop and do an oil change over the drain....
Anyway I am looking to leave to New Zealand, had enough of these murdering savages over here.
I see I now live in the most dangerous non-war town in the world...we had 18500 murders last year in a population of 45M.
Tell the Chief he can get a waste oil furnace and heat his Fire Station or Service Garage for free. My town picks up waste oil twice a month with the recycleables and can use it to heat city buildings or sell it for about $.35 per gallon to a waste oil supplier.
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