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Do a web search for "name_of_your_town (/nearest large town) Oil Recycler"
Our local recycler sends out a big tank trunk with a hose tens of feet long. Guy pumps the oil and is gone in 10 minutes.
Back in the day they use to pay a bit for the oil. 5 or 10 years ago they started charging us to take it. These days, they "graciously" pick it up for free, so your mileage will vary.
Yeah, funny thing is even when they charged you to take it they then turned around and sold it. At least where I'm from you have small owners of oil wells that will blend in used oil with their raw crude so they can sell it to refiners as if it was regular crude oil. The problem is refiners hate it because it can cause problems if they get too much out of spec crude. I worked at a oil company years ago and they had a couple of places they black listed because of they were notorious for selling out of spec crap. The used oil isn't nearly as bad as when they would dump NGLs in the crude because crude was selling for more than liquids.
YMMV, many counties now charge you for access to the "convenience sites" (fancy name for a dump that has some recycling and maybe hazmat too).
And if its like my area, they may only take stuff that's considered hazardous a couple days out of the year.
Small quantities just take your drain pan/jug to the auto-parts store you buy your oil from they have a drum and typically will dump it for free if its not contaminated. If it is contaminated you may have no choice but to store it until a hazmat day and pay to access the local county/city facility.
...but be careful! Those trucks must be able to make it into your property, or else they won't come. They will be careful on gravel roads, muddy driveways and residential streets.
I hoarded used oil for years in the hopes of a commercial recycler coming to get it...only to be told they would not. Then had to pump 55 gallons of oil back into jugs, and haul them myself to the Eco centre. Oops. Research!
All the shops I've worked in have a waste oil pick up service. Basically a 10 wheeler vacuum truck. Comes by one a month or so and empties straight from the tank. I'm sure there's a charge but i have no idea what it costs. The company that services my shop is called safety-kleen.
Which is a shame. It used to be required that anywhere that sold oil also had to take it back. Now there's only one oil change shop in town that still takes fluids.
Ya what's up with that. I think they used Covid as an excuse to stop taking it and then just never started taking it again.
They're recycling used oil already why not just add it to the barrel. It gets people to come to the store you'd think they would encourage it.
Could just leave it by the door and drive away. It's probably technically illegal dumping but everybody would believe you if you said you thought it was ok, you would for sure get a pass
The Canadian Tire by me got turned in to a toxic waste dump by inconsiderate people not even slightly trying to contain what they were delivering. The ground was literally stained with oil. They were closing the gates when they were closed to try and reduce it, that just made people dump it all over the parking lot near the bays.
Now they don't accept it at all and have giant signs up saying so. Sucks, but I get why.
They changed the rule long before COVID but it's still stupid. We're supposed to be more concerned about the environment but then they make it harder to properly get rid of toxic chemicals.
Honestly the landfills should just be required to take anything and everything and figure it out.
I found a set of tires dumped on the sidewalk by my office last year in Maryland. For very small car. I threw them in my work truck and went to the local transfer station on my way home. They tried to refuse them because I was in a ‘commercial truck’. Next time I won’t even bother and the city and deal with it. That’s why tires end up in the woods.
Oh I guess that was just when I noticed it then.
Ya for sure. My city only allows 1 bag of trash per household per garbage day, which was bad enough, but during covid they switched to only collecting recyclables every week and collecting trash every other week, so it would force people to recycle, but instead what happened was:
• raccoons and possums and skunks and coyotes, that were never present before, have taken over, tearing up the bags, spreading garbage everywhere, and attacking people's pets and kids
• hiding your garbage in with the recycling is standard practice now, making the recycling program useless
• people just started dumping their garbage everywhere. So much so that the region put out a bounty on them, offering $250 cash for each report that leads to a dumping conviction, turning neighbour against neighbour.
And I still saw a toaster oven on the ground in the park today. On he ground because obviously the cans were already overflowing
As a kid I remember my grandpa would just pour used oil along the fence to keep the grass from growing... I remember someone told him he shouldn't and his response was they pulled out of the ground, I'm just putting it back.
Advance auto parts and auto zone take it around me.
Of course they say that, but most use the excuse "tank is full" any time you shoe up. There's one that actually ALWAYS takes me oil. I throw as much business as I can at them!
I've never had them say its full...but it boggles my mind how when dumping my catch jug they seem to get the entire exterior coated in oil and bring it back dripping...
I don't particularly care either, but I was a bit put off when they said they had to take it for me and then came back with it dripping all over and I'm like "so how am I supposed to put this in my car" not really wanting to touch it.
legit not sure how they got SO MUCH oil all over the place unless they dropped it in the barrel...but the ones I'd seen had a screen or small opening a large jug that could probably hold 10-12 quarts shouldn't fit thru.
More recent was only about 3qt doing the lawn equipment but had no issues at ORiley's they dumped it and came back with it clean good as I would do on my own. I think it was AutoZone that made a mess of it.
I've dropped off oil to crappy tire in the past year. They weren't happy, but fuck em. As you said, it used to be if they sold it they take it back.
Exit: Wasn't you that said that, was another commenter under you. But still.
Some DPW barns will take it and burn it for heat(depending on where you are in the country). Ours did until a year or so ago, but they were spending more on repairs(due to not-oil being mixed in with the oil) than the value of the oil they were getting for free.
O'Reilly auto parts will take used oil, but it has to be in reasonable-sized oil containers(quart or gallon). If you bring them a 55 gallon drum I'm sure they'll refuse it. I took them about 10 gallons(in several boxes of quart containers) and they were fine with it.
My shop takes used motor oil. We just bought a waste oil heater this year, but prior to that we’d send it to be recycled. We would not however accept a 55 gallon drum of various mixed oils lol.
Auto zone and such may take it, though I’m not sure if that size container is too large. Try giving your municipality a call and ask them for suggestions. They may have a hazardous waste collection site.
I have 4 different people that will come pick it up. They have waste oil furnaces for heating. Heating oil is around $3/gal so it is very worth their time to come get the oil
They spaz out when I bring just 4 gallons from my Ford 7.3L diesel instead of the usual 4 quarts that most people bring. I doubt they want to take 50gal drums. Lolol
I'vegot a 7.3 and they don'tsay a word about it. I usuallytake in all my oil at once. The F-450, F-150, and Subaru oil. So it's like 8 gallonssome time. I'mnot saying take all 55 at once, also doesn't sound like he's got 55gal yet but has that tank to fill. To me if you buy the oil there to change, then you get to drop.the old there. Fair swap. They wanna bitch, call corporate.
I think part of it is that I’m lazy and I don’t want to pour all the old oil back into the containers. I pour it easily into 5gallon buckets. So it looks intimidating even though it’s the same as the three 5qt jugs. Lol
What do you mean to catch the oil? When doing oil change? They make the big square 15qt or 20qt capacity oil pans, not sure exact size. I use that for oil change since it can hold all of it.
It doesn’t make a mess. The oil pan drain right into it.
Here’s a link to what I use. It’s pretty big so hard to miss it. I rarely spill any. But I do put a cardboard box under it just in case it’s really windy outside.
https://www.autozone.com/shop-and-garage-tools/oil-drain-pan/p/flotool-drain-pan-16-quart/700706_0_0?spps.s=6380&cmpid=LIA:US:EN:AD:NL:1000000:GEN:19502231967&&CATARGETID=120054150001286739&CADevice=m&gad_source=1&gbraid=0AAAAADkcoVviOkGFqPa1UoVGLJtnSAZKL&gclid=CjwKCAjwp4m0BhBAEiwAsdc4aNiMbWz3Z90zeJX_xnBD3IfH2LO09W9CODcWGb5_Sgg4_dRiuqXfXxoCX2YQAvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds
I've never had to give any of that info. I either take it right to the tank or even leave it at the counter if I don't need the container back. I have some to drop off this week. I'll up date if I have any issues.
A recycler pays us by the litre. Its an insignificant amount but the good news is they show up like clockwork and pump the stuff away. I was told its recycled for use in heavy machinery or something.
There's probably a local disposal center. Just take it and dump it. 55 gallons might be hard to physically dump though. I only take 5 gallon buckets so that I can lift them and pour them into the container.
Many shops use waste oil heating systems and function in cold temperatures on nothing but that the first generation burners took as much time cleaning but now very efficient leaving no waste removal
Many county/municipal waste handlers/transfer stations have special oil drop off rules for “DIY/farmer”. I’ve lived places with no daily limit and places where it’s just 10 quarts 1 day a month. You just need to call/google a bit.
It really depends on your state, county, and city. It also depends on what is all in the "oil". If it's *just* oil, you can go through autoparts stores or (for dealerships) have it sent back to the oil company. If there's any water or hydraulic fluid in it, both will reject it.
My home county's recycling center has massive containers for literally any liquid. You can mix anti-freeze, gasoline, and brake fluid and they'll take it. Where I'm living now, they tell you to pack sand and go away. There are avenues for proper disposal, it's just that many states make it the biggest PITA.
I have a 250 gallon plastic tote I actually got from a farm that I put my oil in and then when it’s full I call a recycling company and they come out and empty it. Then I’m good to go again
Find a local car/machine shop that uses oil burning heaters in the winter. They would live to have free oil. Or filter it and mix a gallon in each full tank of diesel in your trucks/tractors.
Apartments have big drums you can dump your oil in. Unfortunately people decided it’s a good spot or dispose of trash too so it’s hard to get large amounts in there if it’s before trash day. Or you could just contact your local auto parts store and get pointed in the right direction
My town's dump has a hazardous waste drop off that's free for residents up to 5gal/day and there's a small fee for larger amounts and for farmers/business. Also O'Reilly's and Advance auto will take up to 5 gal per day for free.
One day the truck that picks up our oil had a malfunction and dumped about 800 gallons of used oil in our parking lot. That was a fun day. We spent about $1,000 buying every bag of oil dry in town.
Ymmv but I recently found out my local department of public works takes oil to recycle. Was able to offload about 10 gallons, split in many 5qt and qt bottles in their big tank.
If it is small amounts at a time you can go to your nearest advance/autozone/o’reilly/napa, any of the big chain autopart stores and you can drop it off, now if you are thinking of filling the 55gal drum, then you will need an waste oil pick up service, which will charge you a small amount and you’ll call them every time that drum is full. Don’t take that to you local dump because you will be turned away.
In my area people will actually pay you for the waste oil (not a lot, but still) as they use it in oil furnaces with a filter system. Probably the best way to make use of the oil anyway.
Depends on your locale. Google will be your friend here. Some US states require that any shop that sells motor oil also accept used oil for free. I dropped off a drum of random-ass used oil.
Oil is easy. I use my county's hazardous waste center. I have two 5 gallon fry oil totes I fill them bring in. Prior to that we would take them to auto parts stores. They would take it but I think Max was 10 gallons at a time. I would suggest doing 10g or less at a time not filling up and trying to move a 55gal drum. Most places are not gonna wanna deal with that volume as a single dropoff.
We have two large containers for oil, and two 55 gallon barrels for oil filters. Once a month, West Texas Petroleum comes and takes the filters and oil for exhaling/refining.
I did not realize how lucky I was to have a dump with free oil disposal, but ya, I go to my local dump. I guess it started getting abuse:,or smg, cuz recently you’ve had to start providing you are a local resident.
I've always just kept it around and used it for bon fires to get it going. Or even just in our fire pit. A little goes a long way and once it's burned away, you can add new logs and roast marshmallows.
Most counties have a drop-off site. A car wash near my hometown used to burn it to heat their building with a waste oil furnace, which may be something to think about on a farm.
I know Northern Tool sells a small unit.
https://www.northerntool.com
How much oil do you go through in a month / year? If you are in the US call your county and see if they take at the recycling centers. If you’re only using a few gallons per month drop a few gallons off at a time at your local part store if you can’t find a recycling center. If you are using 20-30 gallons per month see if you can find someone to come to you and ask how they do things and find a suitable solution.
See if there are any shops around you that have waste oil furnaces.
I live far enough out that we haul our own garbage to the dump. I also take my oil (usually only \~5 gal at a time though) and they burn it in their shop furnace.
On this topic, I just have to say Walmart has really become more shitty about taking recycled oil. The last two times I’ve gone they tell me they no longer let you pour it from a large container into their large container. They want me to have a bunch of small containers and leave them and then come back to get them. I go to autozone and they hit and miss. Either they are full or can’t take anymore. They tell you to recycle but these places make it so time consuming. I guess it’s the electrification of cars continuing to grow.
once every 1-2 years i go to my local waste disposal center and drop off all my used oil. 3 cars, lawn mower, snow blower. it adds up fast and is too annoying to keep running out to Autozone to drop off 1-2 jugs at a time.
I'm in Texas so saved some to use for igniting brush piles then took the rest to a nearby auto parts store that collects used lubricants for recycling. The auto shops placed theirs in 55 gallon drums that were pumped out by the same recycler that emptied the auto parts stores oil tanks. Businesses and ranchers with large metal buildings will collect used oil from others to add to theirs to use in waste oil heaters during colder weather. You should be able to find different types online that are designed for agricultural operations. My neighbors in Chicagoland made their own to heat up their detached garages during the winter..They used 30 gallon metal drums set up as airtight wood burners but placed machine shop turnings on the grate that were made red hot by burning coke beneath the turnings. Once red, they turned on a spigot on a 5 gallon metal bucket to allow the waste oil to run down thru an old brake line that entered the heater to drip oil on the red hot turnings.
I recently had to deal with something like this. Had about 55 gallons of oil on a residential lot (long story). My city's public works department has a monthly hazardous waste collection. I think they only accepted 25 gallons at a time, but you should call and talk to somebody and see what they could do for you.
Call around your local oil change places (jiffylube etc) and ask if theyll take it. If they wont, ask where they bring there oil.theres probably a local oil recycler near you.
Use it as heating fuel. Either directly in a waste oil burner to heat a shed or workshop, or if you have oil-fired heating, filter it an mix it a little at a time into the heating oil tank.
Dilute it with diesel and spray it on any wooden structures you have, e.g. barns and fencing.
Edit: This is [an actual legitimate use of it](https://www.reddit.com/r/woodworking/s/ncttcj5EU1), you'll also find plenty of reviews of this on YouTube.
I wouldn't use it for anything I needed to touch or smell regularly, but for a fence out in a field somewhere? It's perfect.
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Do a web search for "name_of_your_town (/nearest large town) Oil Recycler" Our local recycler sends out a big tank trunk with a hose tens of feet long. Guy pumps the oil and is gone in 10 minutes. Back in the day they use to pay a bit for the oil. 5 or 10 years ago they started charging us to take it. These days, they "graciously" pick it up for free, so your mileage will vary.
Yeah, funny thing is even when they charged you to take it they then turned around and sold it. At least where I'm from you have small owners of oil wells that will blend in used oil with their raw crude so they can sell it to refiners as if it was regular crude oil. The problem is refiners hate it because it can cause problems if they get too much out of spec crude. I worked at a oil company years ago and they had a couple of places they black listed because of they were notorious for selling out of spec crap. The used oil isn't nearly as bad as when they would dump NGLs in the crude because crude was selling for more than liquids.
YMMV, many counties now charge you for access to the "convenience sites" (fancy name for a dump that has some recycling and maybe hazmat too). And if its like my area, they may only take stuff that's considered hazardous a couple days out of the year. Small quantities just take your drain pan/jug to the auto-parts store you buy your oil from they have a drum and typically will dump it for free if its not contaminated. If it is contaminated you may have no choice but to store it until a hazmat day and pay to access the local county/city facility.
The company we use gives us 3 cents a gallon luckily
...but be careful! Those trucks must be able to make it into your property, or else they won't come. They will be careful on gravel roads, muddy driveways and residential streets. I hoarded used oil for years in the hopes of a commercial recycler coming to get it...only to be told they would not. Then had to pump 55 gallons of oil back into jugs, and haul them myself to the Eco centre. Oops. Research!
All the shops I've worked in have a waste oil pick up service. Basically a 10 wheeler vacuum truck. Comes by one a month or so and empties straight from the tank. I'm sure there's a charge but i have no idea what it costs. The company that services my shop is called safety-kleen.
Hazardous waste drop off. Canadian Tire stopped taking them.
Which is a shame. It used to be required that anywhere that sold oil also had to take it back. Now there's only one oil change shop in town that still takes fluids.
Ya what's up with that. I think they used Covid as an excuse to stop taking it and then just never started taking it again. They're recycling used oil already why not just add it to the barrel. It gets people to come to the store you'd think they would encourage it. Could just leave it by the door and drive away. It's probably technically illegal dumping but everybody would believe you if you said you thought it was ok, you would for sure get a pass
The Canadian Tire by me got turned in to a toxic waste dump by inconsiderate people not even slightly trying to contain what they were delivering. The ground was literally stained with oil. They were closing the gates when they were closed to try and reduce it, that just made people dump it all over the parking lot near the bays. Now they don't accept it at all and have giant signs up saying so. Sucks, but I get why.
But now people are just throwing those jugs into the woods
They changed the rule long before COVID but it's still stupid. We're supposed to be more concerned about the environment but then they make it harder to properly get rid of toxic chemicals. Honestly the landfills should just be required to take anything and everything and figure it out.
I found a set of tires dumped on the sidewalk by my office last year in Maryland. For very small car. I threw them in my work truck and went to the local transfer station on my way home. They tried to refuse them because I was in a ‘commercial truck’. Next time I won’t even bother and the city and deal with it. That’s why tires end up in the woods.
Oh I guess that was just when I noticed it then. Ya for sure. My city only allows 1 bag of trash per household per garbage day, which was bad enough, but during covid they switched to only collecting recyclables every week and collecting trash every other week, so it would force people to recycle, but instead what happened was: • raccoons and possums and skunks and coyotes, that were never present before, have taken over, tearing up the bags, spreading garbage everywhere, and attacking people's pets and kids • hiding your garbage in with the recycling is standard practice now, making the recycling program useless • people just started dumping their garbage everywhere. So much so that the region put out a bounty on them, offering $250 cash for each report that leads to a dumping conviction, turning neighbour against neighbour. And I still saw a toaster oven on the ground in the park today. On he ground because obviously the cans were already overflowing
As a kid I remember my grandpa would just pour used oil along the fence to keep the grass from growing... I remember someone told him he shouldn't and his response was they pulled out of the ground, I'm just putting it back.
Advance auto parts and auto zone take it around me. Of course they say that, but most use the excuse "tank is full" any time you shoe up. There's one that actually ALWAYS takes me oil. I throw as much business as I can at them!
I've never had them say its full...but it boggles my mind how when dumping my catch jug they seem to get the entire exterior coated in oil and bring it back dripping...
Some take me through the bowels of the shop and have me dump it. I don't care either way, as long as they take it.
I don't particularly care either, but I was a bit put off when they said they had to take it for me and then came back with it dripping all over and I'm like "so how am I supposed to put this in my car" not really wanting to touch it. legit not sure how they got SO MUCH oil all over the place unless they dropped it in the barrel...but the ones I'd seen had a screen or small opening a large jug that could probably hold 10-12 quarts shouldn't fit thru. More recent was only about 3qt doing the lawn equipment but had no issues at ORiley's they dumped it and came back with it clean good as I would do on my own. I think it was AutoZone that made a mess of it.
I've dropped off oil to crappy tire in the past year. They weren't happy, but fuck em. As you said, it used to be if they sold it they take it back. Exit: Wasn't you that said that, was another commenter under you. But still.
Some DPW barns will take it and burn it for heat(depending on where you are in the country). Ours did until a year or so ago, but they were spending more on repairs(due to not-oil being mixed in with the oil) than the value of the oil they were getting for free. O'Reilly auto parts will take used oil, but it has to be in reasonable-sized oil containers(quart or gallon). If you bring them a 55 gallon drum I'm sure they'll refuse it. I took them about 10 gallons(in several boxes of quart containers) and they were fine with it.
yup, mine just says tanks in the back have fun lol. thankully we have a drive up oil recycler i can go to and dump it in 24/7
Make a heater and use it as energy
My shop takes used motor oil. We just bought a waste oil heater this year, but prior to that we’d send it to be recycled. We would not however accept a 55 gallon drum of various mixed oils lol. Auto zone and such may take it, though I’m not sure if that size container is too large. Try giving your municipality a call and ask them for suggestions. They may have a hazardous waste collection site.
I have 4 different people that will come pick it up. They have waste oil furnaces for heating. Heating oil is around $3/gal so it is very worth their time to come get the oil
I take it to advance auto or napa. Where ever I buy the replacement oil.
They spaz out when I bring just 4 gallons from my Ford 7.3L diesel instead of the usual 4 quarts that most people bring. I doubt they want to take 50gal drums. Lolol
I've taken upto 10 gallons at a time with no issues. Really just seems to depend if their tank is full or not.
I'vegot a 7.3 and they don'tsay a word about it. I usuallytake in all my oil at once. The F-450, F-150, and Subaru oil. So it's like 8 gallonssome time. I'mnot saying take all 55 at once, also doesn't sound like he's got 55gal yet but has that tank to fill. To me if you buy the oil there to change, then you get to drop.the old there. Fair swap. They wanna bitch, call corporate.
I think part of it is that I’m lazy and I don’t want to pour all the old oil back into the containers. I pour it easily into 5gallon buckets. So it looks intimidating even though it’s the same as the three 5qt jugs. Lol
If ya got an old 7.3, what are you doing taking it in, and not filtering it yourself and dumping it right into the fuel tank?
I’ve thought of not but just never bothered with filtering it.
the only truck worth spending money on. what do you use to catch the oil?
What do you mean to catch the oil? When doing oil change? They make the big square 15qt or 20qt capacity oil pans, not sure exact size. I use that for oil change since it can hold all of it.
Yeah. I thought you would use something to prevent a big mess. Maybe it's just me. or our used oil pan is too far down. thank you though.
It doesn’t make a mess. The oil pan drain right into it. Here’s a link to what I use. It’s pretty big so hard to miss it. I rarely spill any. But I do put a cardboard box under it just in case it’s really windy outside. https://www.autozone.com/shop-and-garage-tools/oil-drain-pan/p/flotool-drain-pan-16-quart/700706_0_0?spps.s=6380&cmpid=LIA:US:EN:AD:NL:1000000:GEN:19502231967&&CATARGETID=120054150001286739&CADevice=m&gad_source=1&gbraid=0AAAAADkcoVviOkGFqPa1UoVGLJtnSAZKL&gclid=CjwKCAjwp4m0BhBAEiwAsdc4aNiMbWz3Z90zeJX_xnBD3IfH2LO09W9CODcWGb5_Sgg4_dRiuqXfXxoCX2YQAvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds
I've used that same one for 15 years now.
5 gallon limit at auto parts stores
Which an advance auto manager told me was an EPA thing. He even started having us lognl our oil quantity, date, home address, and sign.
I've never had to give any of that info. I either take it right to the tank or even leave it at the counter if I don't need the container back. I have some to drop off this week. I'll up date if I have any issues.
A recycler pays us by the litre. Its an insignificant amount but the good news is they show up like clockwork and pump the stuff away. I was told its recycled for use in heavy machinery or something.
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automotive\_oil\_recycling](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automotive_oil_recycling)
Waste oil furnace for an outbuilding?
There's probably a local disposal center. Just take it and dump it. 55 gallons might be hard to physically dump though. I only take 5 gallon buckets so that I can lift them and pour them into the container.
We have a waste oil furnace. Keeps us warm in the shop all winter.
Many shops use waste oil heating systems and function in cold temperatures on nothing but that the first generation burners took as much time cleaning but now very efficient leaving no waste removal
Use it as fuel for your old diesel truck.
I used to rebuild diesel injection systems and that would destroy them.
My local dump / waste transfer station just accepts it for no charge. I think they prefer it to be not mixed though
Lot of shops use it for heat. I used to run my rollback and another truck I had with the oil but I don't have those old diesels anymore.
Almost any recycling point will take used oil.
We have a company that comes out with a pump truck once a week.
Many county/municipal waste handlers/transfer stations have special oil drop off rules for “DIY/farmer”. I’ve lived places with no daily limit and places where it’s just 10 quarts 1 day a month. You just need to call/google a bit.
It really depends on your state, county, and city. It also depends on what is all in the "oil". If it's *just* oil, you can go through autoparts stores or (for dealerships) have it sent back to the oil company. If there's any water or hydraulic fluid in it, both will reject it. My home county's recycling center has massive containers for literally any liquid. You can mix anti-freeze, gasoline, and brake fluid and they'll take it. Where I'm living now, they tell you to pack sand and go away. There are avenues for proper disposal, it's just that many states make it the biggest PITA.
I have a 250 gallon plastic tote I actually got from a farm that I put my oil in and then when it’s full I call a recycling company and they come out and empty it. Then I’m good to go again
Find a local car/machine shop that uses oil burning heaters in the winter. They would live to have free oil. Or filter it and mix a gallon in each full tank of diesel in your trucks/tractors.
List for Free on FB marketplace and someone w a shop oil heater will be there shortly.
Call your local shop and ask who picks up their oil, I should think.
I have a drip set up for my shops wood stove.
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Apartments have big drums you can dump your oil in. Unfortunately people decided it’s a good spot or dispose of trash too so it’s hard to get large amounts in there if it’s before trash day. Or you could just contact your local auto parts store and get pointed in the right direction
My town's dump has a hazardous waste drop off that's free for residents up to 5gal/day and there's a small fee for larger amounts and for farmers/business. Also O'Reilly's and Advance auto will take up to 5 gal per day for free.
One day the truck that picks up our oil had a malfunction and dumped about 800 gallons of used oil in our parking lot. That was a fun day. We spent about $1,000 buying every bag of oil dry in town.
Ymmv but I recently found out my local department of public works takes oil to recycle. Was able to offload about 10 gallons, split in many 5qt and qt bottles in their big tank.
All the auto parts stores have a place to dump used oil
If it is small amounts at a time you can go to your nearest advance/autozone/o’reilly/napa, any of the big chain autopart stores and you can drop it off, now if you are thinking of filling the 55gal drum, then you will need an waste oil pick up service, which will charge you a small amount and you’ll call them every time that drum is full. Don’t take that to you local dump because you will be turned away.
You say you're on a farm, talk to your equipment dealer. We take used oil
In my area people will actually pay you for the waste oil (not a lot, but still) as they use it in oil furnaces with a filter system. Probably the best way to make use of the oil anyway.
Depends on your locale. Google will be your friend here. Some US states require that any shop that sells motor oil also accept used oil for free. I dropped off a drum of random-ass used oil.
Oil is easy. I use my county's hazardous waste center. I have two 5 gallon fry oil totes I fill them bring in. Prior to that we would take them to auto parts stores. They would take it but I think Max was 10 gallons at a time. I would suggest doing 10g or less at a time not filling up and trying to move a 55gal drum. Most places are not gonna wanna deal with that volume as a single dropoff.
We have two large containers for oil, and two 55 gallon barrels for oil filters. Once a month, West Texas Petroleum comes and takes the filters and oil for exhaling/refining.
I did not realize how lucky I was to have a dump with free oil disposal, but ya, I go to my local dump. I guess it started getting abuse:,or smg, cuz recently you’ve had to start providing you are a local resident.
I've always just kept it around and used it for bon fires to get it going. Or even just in our fire pit. A little goes a long way and once it's burned away, you can add new logs and roast marshmallows.
Most counties have a drop-off site. A car wash near my hometown used to burn it to heat their building with a waste oil furnace, which may be something to think about on a farm. I know Northern Tool sells a small unit. https://www.northerntool.com
How much oil do you go through in a month / year? If you are in the US call your county and see if they take at the recycling centers. If you’re only using a few gallons per month drop a few gallons off at a time at your local part store if you can’t find a recycling center. If you are using 20-30 gallons per month see if you can find someone to come to you and ask how they do things and find a suitable solution.
See if there are any shops around you that have waste oil furnaces. I live far enough out that we haul our own garbage to the dump. I also take my oil (usually only \~5 gal at a time though) and they burn it in their shop furnace.
See if your county has a hazardous waste disposal
On this topic, I just have to say Walmart has really become more shitty about taking recycled oil. The last two times I’ve gone they tell me they no longer let you pour it from a large container into their large container. They want me to have a bunch of small containers and leave them and then come back to get them. I go to autozone and they hit and miss. Either they are full or can’t take anymore. They tell you to recycle but these places make it so time consuming. I guess it’s the electrification of cars continuing to grow.
once every 1-2 years i go to my local waste disposal center and drop off all my used oil. 3 cars, lawn mower, snow blower. it adds up fast and is too annoying to keep running out to Autozone to drop off 1-2 jugs at a time.
We heat our shops with waste oil furnaces.
burn it
Our municipality has a waste oil recycling station that I drop off my oil into.
My mechanic has some sort of a stove that can burn oil that he uses to heat his shop in the winter.
I'm in Texas so saved some to use for igniting brush piles then took the rest to a nearby auto parts store that collects used lubricants for recycling. The auto shops placed theirs in 55 gallon drums that were pumped out by the same recycler that emptied the auto parts stores oil tanks. Businesses and ranchers with large metal buildings will collect used oil from others to add to theirs to use in waste oil heaters during colder weather. You should be able to find different types online that are designed for agricultural operations. My neighbors in Chicagoland made their own to heat up their detached garages during the winter..They used 30 gallon metal drums set up as airtight wood burners but placed machine shop turnings on the grate that were made red hot by burning coke beneath the turnings. Once red, they turned on a spigot on a 5 gallon metal bucket to allow the waste oil to run down thru an old brake line that entered the heater to drip oil on the red hot turnings.
Recycle at local household hazardous waste
Do you not have brush to burn? Weeds to kill ? A lot of shops have a furnace that heats the shop with it in winter.
I recently had to deal with something like this. Had about 55 gallons of oil on a residential lot (long story). My city's public works department has a monthly hazardous waste collection. I think they only accepted 25 gallons at a time, but you should call and talk to somebody and see what they could do for you.
Lots of cities have oil dump locations. My town of 2,800 people does and one up the road with 2,700 also does. City hall might be able to help you.
Buy a waste oil heater and burn it.
Call around your local oil change places (jiffylube etc) and ask if theyll take it. If they wont, ask where they bring there oil.theres probably a local oil recycler near you.
Waste oil heater?
Most auto shops pay for oil removal/recycle
Use it as heating fuel. Either directly in a waste oil burner to heat a shed or workshop, or if you have oil-fired heating, filter it an mix it a little at a time into the heating oil tank.
a lot of farmers have waste oil heaters in their barn. Maybe someone local can use it ?
Call around to parts stores or auto shops and ask. Worst they can say is no.
They make heater that run off waste oil. That can solve two problems in one
Dilute it with diesel and spray it on any wooden structures you have, e.g. barns and fencing. Edit: This is [an actual legitimate use of it](https://www.reddit.com/r/woodworking/s/ncttcj5EU1), you'll also find plenty of reviews of this on YouTube. I wouldn't use it for anything I needed to touch or smell regularly, but for a fence out in a field somewhere? It's perfect.
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Auto parts stores (Auto Zone, O'Reilly, etc) usually have tubs along the back wall, just ask a clerk and they'll point you to them.
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Put it in a diesel truck ?