VIDEO: Dispose of used oil at the gas station
To ensure that used oil does not end up in the environment, it is taken back in many places, for example, as a rule, at petrol stations and in car repair shops. From there it is then sent for recycling. You can also hand in the oil containers there.
Free oil disposal at petrol stations and recycling centers
- If you bought engine oil at a petrol station, keep the receipt. The petrol station must take back oil purchased there free of charge.
- If you want to dispose of waste oil you have acquired elsewhere at a petrol station, a fee may be charged.
- The communal recycling centers and the mobile pollutant take away used oil free of charge in small, normal household quantities.
- You must also have rags and containers contaminated with used oil disposed of properly; they do not belong in the household waste.
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How to dispose of used oil correctly
- Store the different fluids separately (used oil, brake fluid ...) and indicate which fluids are involved when disposing of them.
- As long as you collect the used oil before returning it, you must keep the containers tightly closed so that it does not accidentally get into the environment.
- Used oil is not suitable for domestic use - for heating, for example. Also, do not use it to protect wooden beams; these must then be disposed of as hazardous waste.
- Vegetable oils, such as those in the kitchen are disposed of in small quantities in the residual waste bin.
Clear used oil can usually be filtered and cleaned for reuse. Dark waste oil (e.g. motor oil) is heavily contaminated and is burned to recover the energy it contains.
