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Used Motor Oil, Oil Filters and Bottles
Used Motor Oil, Oil Filter and Bottle Recycling
Used motor oil, oil filters and motor oil bottles can be recycled at one of the 18 recycling centers in Spartanburg County. Click here to see a complete list of locations.
DID YOU KNOW? Motor oil is banned from disposal in South Carolina landfills. As a result, there is a fee of two cents per quart of oil to ensure it is properly recycled. The funding is used to pay for activities of Department of Health and Environmental Control's Office of Solid Waste Reduction and Recycling (Office). The Office provides grant funding to local governments (including Spartanburg County) to ensure the proper disposal and recycling of used oil, oil filters and oil bottles.
NOTE: The state has no other fees associated with the sale of oil. Retailers may charge additional environmental fees for recycling or proper disposal as a matter of company policy.
Used oil that is poured down drains and improperly disposed used filters and containers contaminate ground water, rivers, and lakes. Not only does this pollution harm plants and wildlife, it also contaminates your drinking water.
By taking your used oil to a recycling center, you are keeping it from harming our environment, and the oil can be refined and re-used!
What you need to know
When recycling used motor oil products at one of Spartanburg County's 18 recycling centers (click here to view list of recycling centers), follow these guidelines:
1. Collect the used motor oil from your vehicle, lawnmower, farm equipment or other machinery and place it in its original container.
2. Do not contaminate the motor oil with other liquids including solvents, paint thinner, bleaches, antifreeze, PCBs, household chemicals, insecticides, herbicides, pesticides, grease or water are not accepted. Oil/gasoline mixtures, however, are accepted at three recycling centers in Spartanburg County - click here to view.
3. Place the filters in a clean container.
4. Take your used motor oil, filters and bottles to the nearest recycling center. In addition, many auto parts stores also accept motor oil for recycling.
Give used motor oil products new life!
There are many products that can be made from used motor oil materials.
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In South Carolina, used motor oil is burned for energy.
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Oil filters are shredded, heated to a molten state and the metals re-used as material for other metal products such as rebar, nails and wire.
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Empty plastic oil bottles can be recycled into new containers, railway ties, plastic flowerpots, plastic pipe, guardrails, fence posts and clothing.
