Oil
RECYCLE USED MOTOR OIL AND FILTERS:
- Take used motor oil and filters to one of the centers listed below.
- Call ahead to confirm hours and quantity accepted.
- Make sure container is secure for transportation to prevent spills.
- Place oil filter in a zip-lock bag.
- DO NOT leave oil or filters at centers after hours
All of these locations are State certified used motor oil collection centers and they all accept used oil filters.
How often do you need to change your motor oil?
Χ a) 3,000 miles
Χ b) 3 months
✓ c) check your owner's manual
Needing to change your car’s oil at 3,000 miles is a myth. Auto makers now are recommending oil changes at 5,000, 7,000 or even 10,000 miles. Following the 3,000 mile myth generates millions of gallons of waste oil every year which can pollute California’s natural resources.
For more information, visit 3000MileMyth.com
If you change your own motor oil, you can recycle your used motor oil and filters at the locations listed below.
AAMCO Transmission*
965 Olive Drive, Davis
753-0950
Davisville Express Lube*
2014 Lyndell Terrace, Davis
753-7543
Davis Waste Removal*
2727 Second St., Davis
756-4646
Jiffy Lube
1625 Research Park Dr., Davis
297-7080
O’Reilly Auto Parts*
1681 Research Park Dr., Davis
753-6755
SpeeDee Oil Change and Tune-up*
2000 F. Street, Davis
753-1633
Yolo County Central Landfill Recycling Center
County Road 28H & 104
666-8729
* These sites will pay 40¢ per gallon for used motor oil
YES
- Uncontaminated used motor oil.
NO
- Oil contaminated with antifreeze, brake fluid, or other non-oil liquids or solids
- Bring contaminated oil and other automotive fluids to a Household Hazardous Waste Drop-off event.
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OIL CONTAINERS:
- When possible, keep waste in its tightly sealed original container.
- Label material not in its original container.
- No leaking containers. If a container is leaking, place the entire contents into a tightly sealed, labeled plastic container.
TRANSPORTING WASTE:
- Keep containers upright while transporting to prevent spills.
- Transport in the trunk of your car or secured in your truck bed.
- Do not transport more than 125 pounds or 15 gallons.
USED OIL FACTS
- Each year, millions of gallons of used oil are illegally poured down drains, sewers or disposed in the trash.
- One gallon of used motor oil can pollute one-million gallons of drinking water
- Used motor oil can be RE-REFINED into new oil that is just AS GOOD AS NEW.
- Before it is drained, an oil filter can contain over a pint of used oil.
- Oil filters containing oil SHOULD NOT be thrown into the trash. Remember to recycle!
- It takes one gallon of used oil to produce 2.5 quarts of re-refined oil.
- If all used motor oil generated by the public was collected and re-refined, it would provide enough oil for more than 5 million cars each year.
- State agencies are now mandated to use re-refined oil, and have reported no problems resulting from its use.
- The CA Highway Patrol spends about $110,000 on 22,000 gallons of re-refined engine oil and maintains 3,800 enforcement vehicles that drive more than 110 million miles per year.
- Extensive laboratory testing and field studies show re-refined oil is equivalent to virgin oil.
- Used oil can contain such contaminants as lead, magnesium, copper, zinc, chromium, arsenic, chlorides, cadmium, and chlorinated compounds. Oil poured down drains or onto the ground or put in the garbage can work its way into our ground and surface waters and cause serious pollution.
For more details view the full PDF version of the Recycling Guide