Where to dispose of old parts/fluids?
06-29-2017, 08:25 AM
#1
Where to dispose of old parts/fluids?
The gas station/repair shop down the road used to allow the drop off of old parts and fluids, now they don't.
The auto parts stores like Advance will only accept oil and you have to take the container back with you.
Is the only option to find another repair shop that'll play ball?
The auto parts stores like Advance will only accept oil and you have to take the container back with you.
Is the only option to find another repair shop that'll play ball?
06-29-2017, 10:21 AM
#3
For oil, Advance Auto, O'Reilly's, Autozone, etc. and trash/recycle the jug when it's empty.
For antifreeze, local hazardous waste or the water department sometimes allows you to drop it off.
For plastic parts, local recycling center.
For metal parts, local scrap yard.
For everything, an ad on craigslist and in a minute you'll have a line of meth heads ready to take anything. Give them a box of metal and tell them they have to take everything to get it. It even works to get rid of whole shells of cars (don't ask how I know).
For antifreeze, local hazardous waste or the water department sometimes allows you to drop it off.
For plastic parts, local recycling center.
For metal parts, local scrap yard.
For everything, an ad on craigslist and in a minute you'll have a line of meth heads ready to take anything. Give them a box of metal and tell them they have to take everything to get it. It even works to get rid of whole shells of cars (don't ask how I know).
06-29-2017, 10:34 AM
#4
For oil, Advance Auto, O'Reilly's, Autozone, etc. and trash/recycle the jug when it's empty.
For antifreeze, local hazardous waste or the water department sometimes allows you to drop it off.
For plastic parts, local recycling center.
For metal parts, local scrap yard.
For everything, an ad on craigslist and in a minute you'll have a line of meth heads ready to take anything. Give them a box of metal and tell them they have to take everything to get it. It even works to get rid of whole shells of cars (don't ask how I know).
For antifreeze, local hazardous waste or the water department sometimes allows you to drop it off.
For plastic parts, local recycling center.
For metal parts, local scrap yard.
For everything, an ad on craigslist and in a minute you'll have a line of meth heads ready to take anything. Give them a box of metal and tell them they have to take everything to get it. It even works to get rid of whole shells of cars (don't ask how I know).
Question is, what ingredient (brake fluid, oil, p/s fluid, brake pads etc) is the most attractive to get them to come out?
06-29-2017, 12:55 PM
#7
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Some shops heat with used oils and brake fluid. Try asking around.
Steel parts aren't generally worth it nowaday for anyone trying to make money recycling them. For aluminum (and perhaps other metals), you can either haul it to a yard that pays by the pound or find someone who will haul it for you. I accumulate junk transmission cases and when I have a good pile, give them to someone who hauls 'em for me and makes some money for themselves that way.
Good on you for being conscious of the importance of recycling!
Steel parts aren't generally worth it nowaday for anyone trying to make money recycling them. For aluminum (and perhaps other metals), you can either haul it to a yard that pays by the pound or find someone who will haul it for you. I accumulate junk transmission cases and when I have a good pile, give them to someone who hauls 'em for me and makes some money for themselves that way.
Good on you for being conscious of the importance of recycling!
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06-29-2017, 01:18 PM
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Metal, particularly non-steel metals like aluminum or copper, probably. That and dead car batteries are probably good to throw in there. They can get money out of those things; the rest they're probably just going to dump in a toilet or a river.
06-30-2017, 03:02 AM
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If I need to get rid of a bit of coolant/ATF/diff fluid, I just mix it all in with the used motor oil. As long as you shake the jug around a bit, it'll all combine into one gross brown mass that can pass as oil. Take that to Autozone, problem solved. I've been doing that for years. Still better than pouring it in the ground IMO.
06-30-2017, 08:44 AM
#12
If I need to get rid of a bit of coolant/ATF/diff fluid, I just mix it all in with the used motor oil. As long as you shake the jug around a bit, it'll all combine into one gross brown mass that can pass as oil. Take that to Autozone, problem solved. I've been doing that for years. Still better than pouring it in the ground IMO.
06-30-2017, 08:58 AM
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Looks like we are spoiled in Canada. Canadian Tire (which is everywhere) accepts all fluids and batteries (and paint cans while you're at it). In many neighborhoods there are scrap collectors that pass regularly and pickup metal, I just wait until I have a enough that it can be noticed when they drive by and I place it close to the sidewalk in my driveway and it disappears, usually the same day, never more than 2 days. In fact you have to be careful to not leave stuff that you want to keep too close to the sidewalk...
06-30-2017, 10:52 AM
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06-30-2017, 12:04 PM
#15
I hope they keep the fluids separated so the oil can be recycled.