Used Oil Filters

[sahara]

What do people do with their used oil filters?

If they have been drained and are empty can they go in the scrap metal bin, or are they classed as contaminated as they have been used. (I'm talking about ones that have been left to drain & empty for ages so are used but not fresh and oily and dirty)

Ive got a scrap run coming up, and would like to send about 20 that have accumulated over a couple of years in with everything else, but am unsure, sometimes the scrap people are a bit officious.

Thanks

 

[Lincs Lass]

You missed the opportunity beginning of this month

 

[sahara]

Ive sent burnt ones in before and the scrap yard got a bit huffy about taking them, hence my question!

 

[ACEngineering]

Ive sent burnt ones in before and the scrap yard got a bit huffy about taking them, hence my question!

take them back to the dealer you bought them off and exchange for clean ones

costs about £70 to get a 240litre wheelie bin emptied on its own.

i used https://www.oilsalvage.com/ not long ago, was about £130 to collect 1 x overflowing 240litre wheelie bin of filters and 3000litres of waste oil.

other companies wanted £180 just to collect the oil and then another £70 on top to collect the filters.

 

[Sharpy]

take them back to the dealer you bought them off and exchange for clean ones

costs about £70 to get a 240litre wheelie bin emptied on its own.

i used https://www.oilsalvage.com/ not long ago, was about £130 to collect 1 x overflowing 240litre wheelie bin of filters and 3000litres of waste oil.

other companies wanted £180 just to collect the oil and then another £70 on top to collect the filters.

Do you crush the filters?

 

[ACEngineering]

Do you crush the filters?

Yes you can?

 

[Lincs Lass]

If your scrappy is fussy about taking them ,council tip sites have waste oil bins that take dirty filters, or fire them out and drop them in their scrap bin

 

[tullah]

Empty weetabix boxes have their uses

 

[oakleaf]

Our local council run recycling centre has no issue taking them. I bring in a dozen or so every 6 months
Well drained not crushed or burnt.

 

[vantage]

You must have a different type of scrappy to the ones here!