How are people disposing of old engine oil?

[MOG]

I am running out of 25 litre containers! There is probably 20 of them around the place, possibly 15 years worth! I have given up trying to take 5 litres at a time to the recycling centre. Surely there is an easier way of getting shot of it. It is not like it can't be recycled is it? I have access to some IBC containers. Is it worth filling one of them and getting someone to collect? Any recommendations?

TIA

 

[JeepJeep]

Our recycling centre has no problem with 25 Litre drums... Take a couple a year in.

 

[Wellytrack]

Have a chap who has a waste oil burner in his shed where he tinkers at stuff. Leave a couple of jar’s with him every so often.

 

[Phil P]

I use oil salvage, cover the hole UK but there will be a minimum collection and a charge.

Home - Oil Salvage

Oil Salvage Ltd is the largest waste oil collection company in the UK.We provide our customers with a one-stop shop for their garage waste disposal.

www.oilsalvage.com

 

[Farmer Roy]

Back in the day, you could just dilute it in your diesel tanks ( 1% was no issue ) & get rid of it that way, but I’m guessing modern engines & DPFs rule that option out . . .

 

[Farmer Roy]

But yes - it is recyclable
Dunno about the UK, but here most local Council waste depots ( garbage dumps ) have collection points for waste oil at no charge. I have taken multiple 200 litre drums in at times

 

[Deerefarmer]

We collect it in IBC and and several local shops with waste oil heaters pick it up, give us a few cents per gallon for it.
Also use a small amount for dust control on our gravel lot in high traffic areas around the shop, works great for that

 

[Dry Rot]

Sprayed on machinery here after a good power wash and dry before I put a sheet over what won't go in the shed. Makes a fair substitute for creosote, or so I'm told .

 

[farmerm]

Ask a livestock farmer, don't buy expensive new oil and filters to put in and you don't need to worry about disposing what you take out, double win.

 

[MOG]

Ask a livestock farmer, don't buy expensive new oil and filters to put in and you don't need to worry about disposing what you take out, double win.

I used to run an old Sambron loader with a Deutz 3 cylinder engine that would "drink" a couple of litres of old oil each and every week and never needed an oil change Quite a lot of my old oil went that way!

 

[TheTallGuy]

Have a chap who has a waste oil burner in his shed where he tinkers at stuff. Leave a couple of jar’s with him every so often.

Trouble with that is the lack of paperwork when the Environment Agency come knocking on your door...

 

[snarling bee]

We pour ours in an old fuel tank and it is picked up every couple of years. Used to get paid, now have to pay a little. Buying group organise it.

 

[Fendt516profi]

Buy some of this

https://www.viovet.co.uk/Trilanco-Raddle-Powder/c34249/
and mix it together then paint it on some of these

 

[Scotty]

have just booked an up lift £125 for up to 4000L
i think we have 8 205L drums
collected in 10 working days

 

[davidroberts30]

have just booked an up lift £125 for up to 4000L
i think we have 8 205L drums
collected in 10 working days

who with and where?

 

[ACEngineering]

Trouble with that is the lack of paperwork when the Environment Agency come knocking on your door...

Different rules in USA i bet

 

[Dave W]

Just had my 1000L oil tank emptied £90+vat.
not worth messing about trying to dispose it another way.
Plus you get the proper certification

 

[davidroberts30]

can people say who will collect as there's no one within 200 mile of here offering the above prices

 

[Yale]

We collect it in IBC and and several local shops with waste oil heaters pick it up, give us a few cents per gallon for it.
Also use a small amount for dust control on our gravel lot in high traffic areas around the shop, works great for that

Err....

Just 1 litre of oil can contaminate 1 million litres of water. Oil pollution can have a devastating effect on the water environment, it spreads over the surface in a thin layer that stops oxygen getting to the plants and animals that live in the water.

 

[ACEngineering]

I use this company now, they take my filters and oil. www.oilsalvage.com last time i emptied them they were miles cheaper than any one else but that was on 3000litres mind.