Oil filter disposal: what do you do?

[53' Stude]

Good Morning BITOGERS. I take my old oil filters to my work and use our OTC brand filter crusher. Safety Kleen pays us whatever by weight for all old oil, trans, etc filters. My stepdad, brother throw them into trash

Any of you folks crush them or do you take them to a recycling facility? Back home my real dad burns them out when clearing brush, trees etc. great fire starters

 

[JohnnyJohnson]

Good Morning BITOGERS. I take my old oil filters to my work and use our OTC brand filter crusher. Safety Kleen pays us whatever by weight for all old oil, trans, etc filters. My stepdad, brother throw them into trash

Any of you folks crush them or do you take them to a recycling facility? Back home my real dad burns them out when clearing brush, trees etc. great fire starters

Take them into O'Really's with the used oil they recycle them.

 

[53' Stude]

Take them into O'Really's with the used oil they recycle them.

We finally have a O’Reilys in our village. Hear they are dead as Autozone And Napa most people trust.

 

[BAJA_05]

Drain the well in my oil holder for a good week. Then put them in the recycle container.

 

[bullwinkle]

Usually cut, drain, use them to start the wood stove in cold weather, scrap whatever steel is left behind. Or occasionally drain them & send them with the scrap (although there is a small amount of oil left, even after poking holes in the can & media).

 

[Rand]

let them drain for a month or 2 then throw in trash.

I also dump my antifreeze in the toilet.

My question what do you do with your batteries.. AA AAA etc.. much worse problem.

No one will take the filters near me... and no one recycles them.. same for coolant.

 

[totegoat]

Used oil and filters go to Autozone.

 

[Variant_S]

Recycled with the oil.

 

[spasm3]

I drain them. I keep them in a bucket, when it fills up i take it to Eco-Flow. A hazards material recycle company that's contracted with our county.

 

[53' Stude]

let them drain for a month or 2 then throw in trash.

I also dump my antifreeze in the toilet.

My question what do you do with your batteries.. AA AAA etc.. much worse problem.

No one will take the filters near me... and no one recycles them.. same for coolant.

I dually put old batteries you mention in recycle bin

 

[Rand]

I dually put old batteries you mention in recycle bin

Here since they arent recyclable that is like pooping in the swimming pool. If I threw them in the recycle bin.

I do try to use rechargable ni-mh for the most part but some devices arent happy on 1.2volts vs 1.5 or others such as tv remote.

 

[Propflux01]

I was always told coolant can safely be disposed in the sink drain.

 

[JC1]

I take filters, oil, batteries etc to the local dump. It's free.

 

[dnewton3]

I cut them open, inspect them, drain the components really well, then into the trash they go.

 

[RooflessVW]

Recycle the metal and use the media to start my burn barrel.

 

[nomas]

The only filters that I have to deal with myself come from my mower . That equals one a year . After it drains thoroughly I fill it up with Oil-Dri and put it in the trash can .

 

[Tdbo]

Drain it, wrap it in a plastic grocery bag, and put it in the trash.
That's the only game in town around here. No provisions or options for recycling them in my area.

 

[AutoMechanic]

I have to admit I throw them in the trash. No place around here takes them to my knowledge. At the Toyota dealership we throw them away. The rest of our dealerships has a recycling thing that comes and picks them up. Just Toyota is across the street and doesn’t have access to a fork lift so they tell us to throw them away.

 

[Warstud]

let them drain for a month or 2 then throw in trash.

I also dump my antifreeze in the toilet.

My question what do you do with your batteries.. AA AAA etc.. much worse problem.

No one will take the filters near me... and no one recycles them.. same for coolant.

Home Depot takes batteries and I think a " Batteries Plus " store
Walmart took 5 filters I dropped off there

 

[Rand]

I was always told coolant can safely be disposed in the sink drain.

as long as you arent on septic.. if its city sewer you should be ok.