What to do with the oil

[Dayvo]

Here's one for the home mechanics. What do you do with your old oil when you give your car an oil change ? When i lived at home , my father used to add red oxide to it and paint the fences with it . When i moved out i used to take it to work and put it in the contaminated oil drum which was later picked up and disposed of. Now i have a shed with about 10 x 5 litre containers which i have to dispose of . Anyone know of a place in Dandenong where i could take them ?

[PRH]

you can get rid of ity at the tip usually
Phillip

[Not_An_Abba_Fan]

Most tips have a recycling section for oil. Failing that, give your local workshops a ring and ask if you can tip your oil into their drums.

[Tom_1569]

Yeah most tips will have some where u can pour it for free now. They use to charge (well atleast our local one did) but people where just pouring it down drains so they made it free lol. I have a 20 litre drum all mine goes into, then when its full i just empty it down the tip.

[Trewman]

Paint your fence with it. It makes them last longer

[Swordsy]

I either put it on the fence post, or take it down to the local servo (with mechanics attached) and they get rid of it. They also take my old batterys.

[Cobez]

I take to my mechanic across the road and he lets me dump it into his drums. One guy around my area was busted for it tipping it down the drains. Apparently the council can trace where the oil came from / which drain / house when it gets poured down a drain.

[bradcad]

bout time they made it free to dispose of at the tip. Used to charge $13 no matter what volume, I just left it out the front of the tip for them to pick up out of disgust

[Troyziee]

my council depot has a area were u can take it, your allowed to take 2x 5ltr containers i think, and they take batteries aswell, free of charge! for any1 in my area its brimbank council, there depot thing in tullamarine, keilor park stadium

[Cursed CX8]

HAHAH make your own petrol out of it?

[DANNY8]

Our local scrap recycle place gives us bout $1.50 per battery....so no wonder those people are happy taking ur old batteries

[bradcad]

No but they make bunker fuel out of it.

[nicko]

i just put mine in the bin.

hate me i dont mind