What do you guys use to store used oil?
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Once again, The Hustler is full of win on this. I also use empty kitty litter jugs for my waste oil. As a Miataturbo member, you should already have the prerequisite kitty and thus empty jugs are inevitable.
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Has anyone else had trouble getting AutoZone/Kragen/O'Really to accept 5g buckets of oil? I've had a few parts desk monkeys refuse to take them saying that their "policy" won't let them take 5g at a time. They never seem to have a problem with the giant kitty litter tubs though.
#31
This. We run two 55 gallon drums and the main 150 gallon drum for the waste oil heater.
If you weren't in California, you'd probably be able to find a farmer who goes through 8-10 of those 5 gallon buckets a year between oil and hydraulic fluid. I just burnt 6-7 of them that were in perfect condition I found in the back of the barn.
If you weren't in California, you'd probably be able to find a farmer who goes through 8-10 of those 5 gallon buckets a year between oil and hydraulic fluid. I just burnt 6-7 of them that were in perfect condition I found in the back of the barn.
#34
We have a 300 gallon tank that an oil recycler gave us years ago for the exclusive rights to take the oil. They must have forgot about us or went under.
Our new recycler is paying us for the oil. I think it is a bit less than $.50 for us though. Damn you Stein.
Most auto parts stores will gladly take it these days. That old oil has value.
#36
Over 200 million of the 1.3 billion gallons of waste oil generated in the U.S. yearly are not collected, but rather dumped illegally or accidentally into sewers, streams, drains, landfills and backyards:
200 million gallons is the equivalent of nearly 20 Exxon Valdez spills each year.
One gallon of waste oil can contaminate up to one million gallons of fresh drinking water.
One quart of waste oil can create a two-acre slick on surface water.
40% of the pollution in U.S. waterways is from waste motor oil.
200 million gallons is the equivalent of nearly 20 Exxon Valdez spills each year.
One gallon of waste oil can contaminate up to one million gallons of fresh drinking water.
One quart of waste oil can create a two-acre slick on surface water.
40% of the pollution in U.S. waterways is from waste motor oil.
American Petroleum Institute (API)
National Oil Recyclers Association(NORA)