Where to recycle used motor oil?
 

Where to recycle used motor oil?
See post #11 for my followup question.

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Sumter County hosts "amnesty day" a couple of times per year. You can get rid of old electronics, paint, used motor oil, etc., for free. It is hosted at various places: the Sumter County fairgrounds, one of the lake parks, etc. It is usually well-publicized in advance.

Should be one coming up soon, I would think.

Call them at 352-689-4400. If they don't know when they can surely give you the number of someone who does.

Usually, you can take the used oil back to where you bought the new oil for recycling, if the store does not offer this service, I do not by there.

Walmart will take used oil, go to the auto dept.

Walmart, sign log and done. I also buy at Walmart seems they have lowest prices. I also save old jug and pour used oil in it haul it back to them.

That’s exactly how it should be however, the “local” golf car store will not take used oil even when you purchase new Yamalube from them. That really irked me so I have taken the same stance and won’t be buying anything from them in the future.

Lake co residents can go to the Convenience Center off Rolling Acres on Tues and Saturdays to dump used oil for free.

The Auto Parts store loves to
accept your dirty oil.. also termites hate used motor oil..

We Live in Lake County and my husband just did this. The county has a recycling facility. They took the motor oil.

Thanks everyone.

I asked the Walmart off of US 27 in Summerfield & they said IT MUST BE IN THE ORIGINAL CONTAINER but I use a large oil container to drain and transfer to be recycled.

So far I only have 1 qt from my golf cart but later I will change my car’s oil & will need to recycle all of it,

Has anyone been successful doing this in the TV area? If so, where have you recycled? I had no problems when I lived up north. Either I or a sales person would take my container and pour the used oil into their big oil recycle container.

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I have similar container to catch used oil, not the hard to pour it back into empty 5 quart containers it comes in. Or one quart container. I tried to take back to auto parts store, was pain, you have to wait for sales person to take it to back and empty it, not priority over paying customers, breaks, or telephone calls. Walmart walk in with oil in approved containers record information in log and done it 3 or 4 minutes. Reason they want it in approved containers so it won’t leak, crack, burst so they don’t have oil slick to clean up.

Most oil change businesses take it too.