Old ENGINE OIL (Black)- where can I Spill it ?

jase1

fadetogrey wrote: »

keep it and if your buying a second hand car privately go to the owners house when its dark squirt some oil up under the car and return next morning when it has dripped onto his drive then go mmmmmmm tut tut ahhhh ohhhhhhhhhh my my I will have to offer you a few hundred less for the car It looks like it may cost to fix this one......................................................

You evil evil man ... I like it :rotfl::T

To the OP: Black? I assume you have a diesel, otherwise there's something very wrong there somewhere.

Flyboy152

roddydogs wrote: »

So garages actually get money for waste oil? cheeky National Tyres make a charge to dispose of it!!

That used to be the case, but now the disposal costs are much higher, due to far stricter regulation.

Virtually every garage charges an environmental levy.

jase1

Isn't the "lawnmower" oil (the cheap 20/50 stuff) you get from supermarkets in-part recycled oil?

If so, then someone is making money out of old oil somewhere.

Kilty_2

jase1 wrote: »

Isn't the "lawnmower" oil (the cheap 20/50 stuff) you get from supermarkets in-part recycled oil?

If so, then someone is making money out of old oil somewhere.

There are companies that recycle oil - insulating oil for power transformers is usually reclaimed stuff.

anotherbaldrick

If you live in an area where the local water supply is from subterranean aquifers beware where you pour any oil, otherwise in a few years time you might be drinking it.

burtons

I have been told you can paint it on a shed as it's better than creosote. I put my used oil back in the empty can when i done a oil change and put it in my rubbish bin and cover it with rubbish.

attila_

Flyboy152 wrote: »

Again, that is also illegal. The waste oil will not bond with the wood sufficiently enough, to prevent from being washed away into the soil. That is why creosote used to used. Creosote is now so strictly controlled, it is almost impossible to find. When you do find it, some local authorities require you to have an existing permit to purchase and apply it. Posession of creosote by the public is illegal.

Serious?! Thats crazy. Is it worse than rain water run off from industrial sites going into drains for example? What ever next...

Is there a law or is it just word of mouth illegal?

Flyboy152

attila_ wrote: »

Serious?! Thats crazy. Is it worse than rain water run off from industrial sites going into drains for example? What ever next...

Is there a law or is it just word of mouth illegal?

Waste engine oil must be disposed of properly, by licensed operators at appropriate sites. You cannot used it to weatherproof your fence. It doesn't matter whether it is worse than any other pollutant. That should not be an excuse to dispose of something inappropriately. There is existing legislation to limit the impact of rain water run off from industrial sites going into drains.

mikey72

burtons wrote: »

I have been told you can paint it on a shed as it's better than creosote. I put my used oil back in the empty can when i done a oil change and put it in my rubbish bin and cover it with rubbish.

Wait until they catch you, when it spills out in the compactor
£1000 or more

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1258755/Families-face-fine-using-wrong-bin-household-waste-crackdown.html

attila_ wrote: »

Serious?! Thats crazy. Is it worse than rain water run off from industrial sites going into drains for example? What ever next...

Is there a law or is it just word of mouth illegal?

Don't know if it's worse, but how does a £315,500 fine sound for that?

http://www.environment-agency.gov.uk/news/120243.aspx

Inactive

Flyboy152 wrote: »

Posession of creosote by the public is illegal.

Oh dear, I still have a gallon can of the stuff in my shed.:)