Where can I dispose of oil filters?

[xBa380]

I tried searching but came up with nothing, so sorry if this is a repetitive topic!

Where exactly can I dispose of used oil filters? Many places take used oil, but not so much on the filters.

 

[2000ltdken]

I my country, we take them to Kragen.

 

[John_K]

Around Columbus I can't find any place.

John

 

[brandontyler65]

checker the kragen counterpart here in az doesn't take filters only oil

 

[ThirdeYe]

I had so much trouble trying to find a place to take them that I just started to cut them open and dispose of them myself. According to the EPA, if the oil-filter is hot-drained and dismantled, it is exempt from the hazardous waste regulation. Wal-Mart used to hassle me about recycling oil filters even though on earth911.org it said they took up to 5 filters a visit, the guy that worked at the counter in the back would tell me it was for the service shop only. I never had a problem until I had that specific person wait on me, and just decided to take my business elsewhere. Haven't been back to Wal-Mart since.

 

[PandaBear]

There is a bucket near the used oil dump in the back of Kragen that we can drop our filter in, and many tire shop/quick lube place let me drop them off too.

 

[Jim Spahr]

In the state of SC they have county run trash/ recycling centers that are set up to recycle newspapers, glass bottles, and so on. They have an oil collection tank for used oil, a large barrel for empty oil bottles, and a separate large barrel for oil filters. I understand the oil filters are crushed to remove as much oil as possible and the flattened filters are disposed of.

 

[strombony]

I'll tell you where to dispose of them....In your trash can...
I asked an auto parts store if they take them and what they told me was thht the EPA determined that they do not contain enough used motor oil in them to create any problems. So toss that sucker in the trash can and forget it.

 

[MGregoir]

Then why did we have to put our filters in a special recycling bin for used filters and absorbents to be sent to Hazco?

 

[Gary Allan]

State regulation, maybe? Hexavalent Chrome is a hazardous material in PA. Once the truck got to Delaware ..the placards came off (this may have changed since I learned this and the level may have been low enough for DE).

 

[strombony]

I don't know..perhaps it has to do with where you live. I know that EPA regulates things based on location... As an example..my lawnmower has a sticker on it that says "not for sale in California"

 

[Johnny]

In Wisconsin we can drain them for 24 hours then put them in the garbage. Most of my old lube center customers crush them and have them picked up by their oil recycler where they grind them up, burn off the elements, and sell the shredded parts for scrap metal.

 

[Cutehumor]

nowhere around here takes them, I drain them for a few hours, then toss them in the trash can.

 

[02zx9r]

Originally Posted By: Cutehumor
nowhere around here takes them, I drain them for a few hours, then toss them in the trash can.


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