What do I do with used motor oil in pans my son has left in the garage?

He is so irresponsible. The kid works changing oil at Walmart, but brings his car here to my garage to change the oil.


I started cleaning out the garage this evening and there are 2 wash basins full of dirty oil on the floor and used pans full of oil on the work bench. What do I do with all of this stuff?What do I do with used motor oil in pans my son has left in the garage?
Make properly packed bottles of that oil and give it to Wal-Mart. they have a proper system for dumping of used oilWhat do I do with used motor oil in pans my son has left in the garage?
Please make sure to recycle the used motor oil and not dump it on the ground or in the sewer. Used motor oil is a significant source of pollution and contains cancer causing chemicals and other harmful things.





If your son also left the bottles the oil came in originally and a funnel (you might also buy one for less than $1 at the store) put the used oil back in the bottles and take them to a nearby location to recycle. The link below will find the closest recycler. Usually garages, car repair shops or gas stations can help.





When filling the bottles make sure you wear rubber gloves and wash the oil from your hands. A little oil won't hurt but you also want to be careful. It also helps keep your hands and nails clean because oil doesn't come off easily. Mark the bottles with a Sharpie or other type of marker so you know they are ';USED';. If he didn't leave the original bottles you can use old gallon containers like milk containers. Just label them so they don't get ingested by mistake.





A better suggestion is to make your son clean it up himself or he'll just leave you another mess in the future. That part is up to you, though.
They are hazardous waste and your city will have specific locations for you to drop them off. Some cities will even pick them up. You can also go to www.earth911.com to local nearby centers that will accept them. Since your son works at Walmart, you should tell him to take the items to his shop and recycle them. If he recycles the oil he can reuse the pans many times.
Whatever you do, don't dump it. Gather the oil in bottles and have him take it back to Walmart for proper disposal.
Anyplace that sells motor oil has to accept used oil.
Walmart accepts used oil. Put it in gallon jugs and take it to them.


They might have a limit, though.
The easy answer is take it to a place like Jiffylube but they will probably want it in a old oil container or will charge you.





If you wanted to have some fun you could make an oil lamp and/or mini oir heater experiment. It would be fun to see what you could come up with making.





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Don't kid yourself, I bet a lot of people do this because people that change their own oil usually are the type of people that don't care.





You heat up water in the largest pan you have in the kitchen. Then you put dishwasher soap in the sink drain and let hot water run down the drain. Then you pour in some more soap with no water running, then you pour in a quart or so of oil in while the hot water is runing and then as the same time pour in a little dish soap to break up the oil. Then you turn off the water. Pour some more soap in the drain, then take the boiling hot water and pour in about 2 cups in the drain. Wait about 5 minutes then pour is some more soap and then dump the rest of the boiling water in the drain while you are running hot water from the tap. Let the hot water run for about 5 minutes.





Only do about 2 quarts a day and only do it between6 pm and 7pm at night when there is a large amount of other people washing dishes all over the city. All their dishsoap from their dishwashers will help break up the oil. Also all the FOOD oils will help mask your oil you put down the drain.





If you don't want to put it down the drain then take it to a legal place to have it disposed of even if you have to pay someone to dispose of it at an Oil Change place. Just start making some calls.





Your choice. No one will know.





Your son should be the one to take care of this, and maybe he should have had someone else change his oil because his plan for disposing of the used oil obviously was you.