O'Reilly's took my used oil but not the bottles; should I throw them in garbage?

[Whammo]

I went to O'Reilly's in the hope that they would take all my used oil, filters, and oil containers. They took the first two but said they can't take the bottles so they handed me back the empty bottles (with oil all over the outside of course).

Should I just throw them in the weekly garbage or what is the best thing to do to get rid of them?

 

[Mikey V.]

Wipe them with a rag and chuck em in the recycle.

 

[Rmay635703]

Our town won't take the jugs AZ doesn't either just toss them as they are considered contaminated

 

[Kestas]

The empty containers aren't recyclable in our community either.

 

[Rand]

its hit or miss.. they will toss them in their dumpster for me about 50% of the time.

 

[Dinoburner]

Even tho petroleum containers have a recycling symbol they go in the trash.

 

[CT8]

That is a conundrum,, Throw them in the trash

 

[TheLawnRanger]

Some people would just take the used oil and jugs to Walmart for a full refund. Then one of us would wind up with it.

 

[walterjay]

At our waste disposal site they have a separate receptacle for them. In your case I would just throw them in the trash.

 

[CT8]

Originally Posted by TheLawnRanger
Some people would just take the used oil and jugs to Walmart for a full refund. Then one of us would wind up with it.

Cold !!!

 

[meadows]

I throw mine in the dumpster on the way out the front door.

 

[GSCJR]

Here they're considered HazMat. At work we have a company pick them up for recycling once we accumulate a wheeled recycling container full.

 

[Triple_Se7en]

Originally Posted by Whammo
I went to O'Reilly's in the hope that they would take all my used oil, filters, and oil containers. They took the first two but said they can't take the bottles so they handed me back the empty bottles (with oil all over the outside of course).

Should I just throw them in the weekly garbage or what is the best thing to do to get rid of them?

I am assuming this was your first-ever DIY oil change.
How did it go?..... any obstacles or oil spills at least.....lol

 

[blupupher]

Weird, at my local Auto Zone, I have to ask for my jugs back (I like the mobil jugs, they have a big opening that my funnel fits into).
They also will not let me take it back and dump it myself anymore. I guess someone screwed up their tank.

 

[Triple_Se7en]

Originally Posted by blupupher
Weird, at my local Auto Zone, I have to ask for my jugs back (I like the mobil jugs, they have a big opening that my funnel fits into).
They also will not let me take it back and dump it myself anymore. I guess someone screwed up their tank.

.... or they caught someone stealing other merchandise in their backroom.

 

[JeffKeryk]

We have curbside oil recycling. Pretty nice.

 

[PantherFan88]

You should put them in the dishwasher on warm, then fill them up with simple green, rinse with water, and dry them with a linen cloth!

 

[The motor guy]

I think it's autozone that doesn't take oil bottles. Probably takes up too much space in the trash can.

 

[pbm]

I re-use them to return used oil and recycle the containers that have never had used oil in them.
I have one that's made at least a half dozen trips to the AA...

 

[Triple_Se7en]

Originally Posted by pbm
I re-use them to return used oil and recycle the containers that have never had used oil in them.
I have one that's made at least a half dozen trips to the AA...

Recycle truck in our city will squash all the recycle goods - take them to their base to be sorted and when they catch an oil container, it's assumed that used oil remnants are inside and treated as such, even thou virgin oil remains.

I really don't know of any recycle center that will remove the cap to see what's inside. They just discard them-all.