Engine Oil Disposal

Snoozin · Post by **Snoozin** » Thu Apr 10, 2008 9:22 am

I've got about 50 or 60 litres of the stuff. Need to get rid of it!!!

Anyone know where I can ditch this crap? Aside from down the drain of course!

Pies · Post by **Pies** » Thu Apr 10, 2008 10:11 am

flush it down the toilet

~SlideWays~ · Post by **~SlideWays~** » Thu Apr 10, 2008 10:25 am

Is there a landfill in your area? Our local one has a tanker you can empty your oil in.

postfach · Post by **postfach** » Thu Apr 10, 2008 1:06 pm

race tracks usually have big tanks you can pour crap into

Voyeur · Post by **Voyeur** » Thu Apr 10, 2008 2:11 pm

How long a period, the garage next to my work will take 10-15 litres a month for free. let me know if your interested, i will let you know where to drop it off

OMG so shiny! · Post by **Dell'Orto** » Thu Apr 10, 2008 5:26 pm

Also keen, have about 40 litres or so to dump.

oem-r · Post by **oem-r** » Thu Apr 10, 2008 5:54 pm

~SlideWays~ wrote:Is there a landfill in your area? Our local one has a tanker you can empty your oil in.

What landfills this? do they charge? BP in wainui used to have a big plastic tank you could dump all your old oil in.

Website · Fri Apr 11, 2008 10:29 am

try ring around some garages and workshops, ive seen a few around with big tanks - they probably make money out of selling it off since its worth gold

Voyeur · Post by **Voyeur** » Fri Apr 11, 2008 11:15 am

No most garages get charged for disposal. 13c litre last time i got charged. Try some of the big users (tractor companys, truck stops etc) you may be able to band together, and throw a dozen beer at one of the mechanics

Leon · Post by **Leon** » Fri Apr 11, 2008 4:30 pm

www.trademe.co.nz of all the bizarre places is starting to display info like that, for their clean green image.

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Community/Envi ... Guide.aspx which takes you to http://www.reducerubbish.govt.nz/region ... index.html

Elmendorf · Post by **Elmendorf** » Fri Apr 11, 2008 7:19 pm

Makes great and cheap weedkiller. Had 40 litres to get rid of and used it to kill all my weeds :oops:

Also makes great bonfire accelerant :lol:

Truenotch · Post by **Truenotch** » Fri Apr 11, 2008 7:24 pm

Just go and chuck it over the fence at ram-it, they have a huge tank for it

. They have given tanks to all the wreckers that use them and will take it away for free. So if you are friends with wreckers go and see them.

~SlideWays~ · Post by **~SlideWays~** » Wed Apr 16, 2008 11:57 am

oem-r wrote:
~SlideWays~ wrote:Is there a landfill in your area? Our local one has a tanker you can empty your oil in.

What landfills this? do they charge? BP in wainui used to have a big plastic tank you could dump all your old oil in.

I've always been there with a trailer load and took the oil too so not sure if you can just take oil.

Its between silverstream and stokes valley.

tatsumaki · Post by **tatsumaki** » Wed Apr 16, 2008 11:33 pm

transfer station by the railway station in palmy.

think it was a buck a litre and it was all disposed of in a legit manner.

Paul.

Leon · Post by **Leon** » Thu Apr 17, 2008 7:00 am

Porirua (Broken Hill) have the oil drop inside the tip, so charge you to leave oil. Bastards.

Outlander · Post by **Outlander** » Sun Jan 11, 2009 11:56 am

Heard something from the guy who works next to us talking to my boss the other day, apparently there is a company around palmy that pays to take wate oil off of your hands, probably so no one disposes of it in an unsafe manner. Well at least thats what it sounded like, unsure of a name or anything though, but there are a few waste oil collection places around.

FLAWLES · Post by **FLAWLES** » Sun Jan 11, 2009 1:31 pm

can also take it to any localworkshop/tractor/truck etc and give it to them
most will take the waste oil
as it gets picked up for free and re-used

true story

OMG so shiny! · Post by **Dell'Orto** » Sun Jan 11, 2009 6:21 pm

Outlander wrote:Heard something from the guy who works next to us talking to my boss the other day, apparently there is a company around palmy that pays to take wate oil off of your hands, probably so no one disposes of it in an unsafe manner. Well at least thats what it sounded like, unsure of a name or anything though, but there are a few waste oil collection places around.

Yeah I've heard of them too, forget the name of the crowd but they only take in in 200+ litre amounts.