any old oil!

[RichieZX6R]

Where do you dispose of old used oil? No where near me seems to want to take it?
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[0ddball]

Your local council tip. Where have you been trying?
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[T0MMY]

Luckily I can get rid of it at work* although I keep quite a bit for oiling chains etc.

You can normally find a local garage who'll let you chuck a bit in with their waste oil or if not then you need to find a council tip/recycling centre.



*because I work in a nature reserve.

[brianmm]

Maybe try the local garages?The one down the road from me has an oil burning heater and takes it off my hands,Even supply five gallon drum to keep it in.

[RichieZX6R]

[G]

Use it as chain lube?

[RichieZX6R]

[DrDonnyBrago]

Council tip should have a big oil recycling drum, take your bottles down and empty them in.

Before now I have burnt a gallon or two on an old BBQ, it made a 30ft plume of thick black smoke right in the middle of a residential area. Won't be doing that again in a hurry.

[RichieZX6R]

[t121anf]

sunderland does take oil.

as you drive in, (you'll know its a large U shape) as you approach the first bend of the U the container is there, personally i just left the bottles next to it as its f'ing filthy.

[RichieZX6R]

[D O G]

[Kickstart]

Hi

Not certain but was under the impression that the council has to provide waste oil collection facilities.

All the best

Keith
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[truslack]

I put old engine oil into my Armstrong sidecar outfit... it burns oil quick enough to do a litre a month
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[Chalky.]

I burn it because it makes me feel big and clever.

[Mord]

I just go to a local skip.

Chain lube? i didn't think about it

[WildGoose]

Leave it on a neighbours doorstep in with the milk bottles. They love it.
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[J4mes]

Our local council have an email address for the waste/ recycling division. Maybe yours has the same? Could email and ask which ones take oil, and if none of them do then why not?

[pits]

Depends where I am really, if I am at home then the storm drain will suffice, if at mates workshop just empty it into the stream that runs past his workshop, now if you excuse me I am going to go throw some of my old tyres and some asbestos sheeting in the local forestry area




Although you do raise a valid point, not sure where I am going to have to take my bucket, it is getting kinda full, and I am not really sure what is in it anymore, I know it definitely has, engine oil, brake fluid, petrol, tar and glue remover, some thinners, a screw driver bit and a tiny bit of dog sick

[t121anf]

[t121anf]

[blurredman]

Wrap it in a black bag and put it out with the rubbis.

Naaaah- those were the good old days



As long as the local tip has an oil disposal bin they should take it.
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[MarkJ]

[Rebel]

I find it very useful for setting fire to old tyres.

[pepperami]

I used to paint my wooden fence with it .... ... that fence never rotted
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