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[memphis]

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20L pails doesn't work for me... I was using DEF jugs (10L) which actually worked well but they eventually failed because they shouldn't be reused with oil/gas/cancer. The hazard waste depot doesn't like taking pails because the "quantity is too much" for hazardous material.

In my travels, the shops I deal with don't seem to mind taking 10L of product and a filter or two. 20L is pushing it dumping both DEF jugs and a pail is a pain in the ass to stuff in my trunk.

If I could find an old metal Jerry can I wouldn't be against using it as it should meet my sealed requirements.
If this was available on Scamazon I'd be interested to know the price as it looks robust enough: Hopkins FloTool 11849 Dispos-Oil Recycle Oil Jug, Oil Drains - Amazon Canada

Typically I'm pouring off from quart containers vs. gallon/5L jugs otherwise I'd just use those.

What else is out there?
 
I use old 5 gallon hydraulic oil pails and bring them to a local shop with a waste oil furnace
 
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I use old 5 gallon hydraulic oil pails and bring them to a local shop with a waste oil furnace
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5 gallon / 20 L Pail.
Tomato Tamoto

Waste depot doesn’t want me bringing that much because “I’m a business” in larger quantities
 
Black trash bags. Leave them just sitting around in a town you don't like. Takes about a week for the cancer to eat its way through and be free. :flipoff2:
 
I used to use 2.5 gallong rotella jugs or 5 gallon DEF buckets. Don't buy DEF any more and now all my oil gets burned in the smudge pot, except the water contaminated stuff.


All of the parts stores here have to take it and my county landfill's convenience center will take it too....so my unburnable stuff goes to one of those places.
 
Explain to the depot that your diesel pickup uses 11-13L per oil change, plus the wife's car (~5L). Nothing 'commercial' about a 20L bucket :homer:

I do find the retail stores are the dicks (vs the depots). They're obliged to take it but don't want to, so they impose all kinds of BS around it.

I burn all but the gravity-settled dregs as wmo anyway. Every 2-3 years I take a bucket of sludge, a bucket of filters, and a full garbage bag of empty jugs and bottles to the depot. No friction. :laughing:

Edit: there's some smaller half size buckets commonly used for certain paints/coatings, and protein shake powder.
 
Keep a 55 gallon drum when its full call the waste oil place to come suck it out.
 
I'm just saying, a gallon jug of the graviety settled out garbage goes great in the wood stove.
 
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Keep a 55 gallon drum when its full call the waste oil place to come suck it out.
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US Ecology/NRC/Emerald/whatever the fuck they call themselves now charges $2 a gallon here for that.
And then turn around and sell it for $2-3/gallon for heating fuel and asphalt plants. (Maybe cheaper if buying shitloads)



Work keeps asking for "ideas" to make $$.

Tell them... let me collect waste oil at shops I supply with oil.
Then either heat the warehouse with it and/or sell it for heating fuel.

It would further lock in customers... we bring you fresh oil and take away the used oil, no fuss, no added costs.
 
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locally we have a so-called haz mat place

same thing, 'you are not supposed to' rules

fuck off, I'm trying to so the right thing here, and you guys are turning it all around and selling it anyway

I used to flip about four 5-gal jugs upside down at once, but the time the attendant got off his ass and waddled over to me to tell me I can't (but did) they are on the very last glugs and pretty much empty

now I just save my worst case goo, and recycle that. Modified the wood stove in the shop so it recycles it now:laughing:

fuck em
 
Here, when I used to go to auto parts stores they make you empty used oil into a storage tank. It gets pumped out by a contracted waste oil outfit and resold.

Then you are on your own for disposing of containers/oil filters...

Other place that accepted them you had to log in information before they will let you dispose of it.

Have been spoiled for a long while now, my friend with auto repair shop has a waste oil shop heater.
Once he closes the shop for good I will have to deal with bs again or just chuck it into trash can. Will cross that bridge when it comes to it.
 
if you find a dirt road to dump it on, somehow this is an acceptable practice that is not frowned upon

but you will need to do it by the truck load, so save it up
 
There are 3.5-4.0 gallon pails, they use the same lids as 5 gallon/20L, so you can use your favorite screw top, snap on lid, etc. Maybe your local place won't hassle you since these are less than 5 gallon?
 
I have some older (opaque white) cat litter containers that are between two and three gallons depending on whether it's a regular or "bonus" container and also snatched a couple laundry detergent containers out of a neighbor's trash (they have three boys - lots of laundry!) that are about two gallons.

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Downside is that I've since seen that such containers have been going to lighter weight materials recently to cut down on waste.
 
Every Blitz branded thing I've owned has been garbage. Plastic is too thin for the threads to actually secure a lid/cap to them, they all leak. I threw my Blitz waste oil jug in the trash. I've still got a Blitz catch pan, but it has the same issue with the threaded drain cap, have to be careful when picking it up, lean it with the drain pointed up, even with the cap on it.

These however, work great. They used to be $12.99 on the regular. I've got a pair, I'd pay the current $19 asking price, I like them that much.
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Amazon.com

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Its spendy up front but harbor freight sells brand new metal "jerry can" style fuel cans. Maybe get lucky with a 20% off coupon or something, should last just about forever with regular oil coatings inside.
 
These 5 gal chemical jugs are pretty tough and the caps have a soft insert to seal tight. Also interlock nicely for stacking.


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I save the containers from the Zep Industrial Degreaser. Looks similar the container above.
 

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I picked up an online order at Autozone this afternoon. On my way out I held the door for a slow walking guy carrying an open pan full to about 1/2" from the top of what smelled like automatic transmission fluid. He had to have drained it in the parking lot, there's no way he drove there with that. :homer::laughing:
 
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These 5 gal chemical jugs are pretty tough and the caps have a soft insert to seal tight. Also interlock nicely for stacking.


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I hate that they don't dump out good, always leave a half qt in the bottom no matter how hard you shake it out
 
not in the gazolin, not burning goodly as much as when put in the suhl of dying
 
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