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11-24-2017, 08:06 AM
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Ok, this is a pure rant.
What the hell is going on with oil recycling these days! Ok, this past summer I found out Canadian Tire stopped accepting old oil. I searched online and called around to find a place to dump my used oil. The recycling depot just off terminal took it. Awesome! That's pretty close. I went to dump some jugs last week and they no longer take it!
They have a sign outside listing the places which still accept. Carter Honda is one of them by Granville Island. I go to drop off and she limits me to 4L. I have about 6L and some coolant i'd like to get rid of too. She states they are trying to get off the recycling list.
Like where the hell am I suppose to recycle this shit. I thought Vancouver is green. I may have to buy a fricken electric car as I sure as hell am not going to a dealership to change my oil. ARGH
Yes I know there is a list online of place to go, but it seems everyone on that list is trying to get off it. Is it this difficult outside the city?
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11-24-2017, 08:11 AM
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sigh...i feel the same, must be the cost associated with it.
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11-24-2017, 08:26 AM
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dump it at city hall 
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11-24-2017, 08:27 AM
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I've just been through this too.
Lo and behold, Burnaby's Eco-Centre off Willingdon behind Costco takes engine oil, oil filters, AND anti-freeze. I dumped off 15 qts of oil, 3 filters, and 10L of antifreeze  - no one in Vancouver wanted to deal with me.
They have huge labelled tanks for you to pour them out, and then bins right beside for your empty container. It''s unbelievable how Burnaby (hi Stewie!) can have such an amazing facility yet Vancouver has absolutely nothing.
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11-24-2017, 08:35 AM
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Just go find a street drain without a fish painted in front of it! Then you're harming the environment right?
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11-24-2017, 08:51 AM
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There must have been shift in used oil pricing or policy. I remember a time when recycling companies used to pay shops for their used oil. Then for a while, they stopped paying but still sucked it up for free. Now, shops have to pay for them to come by to clear the drums. Obviously if it costs the shops money to get rid of the oil, no shop will want to take in any additional used oil.
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11-24-2017, 09:21 AM
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100 percent agreed with you. I used to drop off at Canadian tire too. Now seems like I have to go out of my way to drop off oil. If the govt is charging all these eco fees , recycling fee BS they better find a better solution!.
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11-24-2017, 09:30 AM
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Originally Posted by hud 91gt  I thought Vancouver is green. | Vancouver isn't green. It's red, blue purple and brown.
And also green...  
Fluid recycling should be something that these companies do out of civic duty. How many redneck idiots are going to dump their used oil in a hole in the forest because this is far too much effort for them to go through?
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11-24-2017, 09:33 AM
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Same over here in Victoria. Found a small shop that still takes oil and oil filters. Must be clean and no mixed with mineral spirits or anything crazy.
A coworker said Great Canadian Oil change will recycle for you as well.
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11-24-2017, 09:33 AM
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I'm grateful that the Cdn tire near me still accepts oil, however I see that their oil cart always overfilling with containers. Only a matter of time before they shut it down.
Should be a city bylaw that whoever sells oil and collects the eco fee should be required to accept used oil
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11-24-2017, 09:36 AM
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Posted this couple of months ago as well. https://www.revscene.net/forums/7119...motor-oil.html
Went to like 3 places in one day and rejected at all 3 even though they were on the list... frustrating. Still Creek is your best bet.
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11-24-2017, 09:37 AM
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Originally Posted by IMASA Should be a city bylaw that whoever sells oil and collects the eco fee should be required to accept used oil | This is the part that makes me so angry. We're paying an eco-fee for the recycling on this stuff, but can't take it anywhere.
I often get turned down / yelled at because whomever I've brought my oil to thinks I'm a shop. Sorry, but the Rally Bug takes TWELVE litres of oil on a single change. And I have a Cummins diesel...that's another 10 litres of oil. Heaven forbid if I've changed the oil on the '58, the MGB and/or the Subaru as well...
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11-24-2017, 10:01 AM
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Every excuse i've heard consists of "it costs us money to get rid of it" and "People mix it with diesel etc...".
When I was in manitoba, the company heated the airport hanger on used oil. I guess that's not environmentally friendly? I think the Ford dealership my dad use to work for did the same thing.
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11-24-2017, 10:05 AM
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Originally Posted by TouringTeg Same over here in Victoria. Found a small shop that still takes oil and oil filters. Must be clean and no mixed with mineral spirits or anything crazy.
A coworker said Great Canadian Oil change will recycle for you as well. | I take everything to Hartland, mixed oil & coolant in the same jug even, never had a problem.
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11-24-2017, 10:24 AM
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Originally Posted by TouringTeg Same over here in Victoria. Found a small shop that still takes oil and oil filters. Must be clean and no mixed with mineral spirits or anything crazy.
A coworker said Great Canadian Oil change will recycle for you as well. | I have no trouble dropping off used oil and MTF(ATF as well in the past) at Mr. Lubes, although they started recording your name and info when you drop off stuff. They told me it's just because some people are dropping off stuff they are not supposed to, so they have to be more careful now.
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11-24-2017, 11:03 AM
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I live in Vancouver and do my own oil changes, usually 2-3 changes a year. I just save them up in my garage and bring it to the Burnaby recycling on Still Creek to recycle once a year.
It's a bit out of my way, but usually I do it during summer time when I make the trip out. Very convenient once there, lots of parking spots.
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11-24-2017, 11:05 AM
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The recycling center behind the Canada games pool in New West takes oil and coolant, but for some reason, not brake fluid.
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11-24-2017, 11:12 AM
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It used to be that any place that sold it had to take it. Now hardly anyone does, I think there's 2 places in Kelowna that will take fluids. The catch is the oil/coolant/etc can't be contaminated with anything else, so say if you blow a headgasket and they mix I haven't been able to find anywhere to legally get rid of it.
All this will lead to is idiots dumping it down drains and in the ground. We're supposed to be getting better at recycling, not worse.
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Go to an oil change shop like jiffy lube or whatever they are called
Just be nice and they'll take it.
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^^ good idea, but the list isn't updated and driving around all day with a trunk full of oil is no fun
CT is the worst - i can understand why the little shops can't deal with it, but they should.
Sounds like Still Creek BBY is the spot to hit now - will be trying it this weekend. I've got a ton to get rid of.
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11-24-2017, 12:58 PM
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#22 | | I STILL don't get it
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Canadian Tire in white rock still accept used oil
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11-24-2017, 01:07 PM
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Originally Posted by The Producer ^^ good idea, but the list isn't updated and driving around all day with a trunk full of oil is no fun
CT is the worst - i can understand why the little shops can't deal with it, but they should.
Sounds like Still Creek BBY is the spot to hit now - will be trying it this weekend. I've got a ton to get rid of. | RCBC list was updated on July 2017. Obviously one should be doing some leg work first to figure out who takes your fluids and how much of it... It's definitely not fun driving around with a trunk full of oil, so why not do a bit of research and call around? It beats getting denied when you've traveled all the way across the city...
It's not easy, but it isn't rocket science to figure this shit out
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11-24-2017, 01:43 PM
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Put it up on Craigslist for free used oil. I'm sure someone out there with a oil burning car will take it. When I was still driving the MR2T, I'd throw in my parent's oil, friend's oil, etc... the thing was burning a liter/tank... didn't care what I threw in there as long as the low oil light went away.
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11-24-2017, 01:54 PM
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Originally Posted by SkunkWorks I've just been through this too.
Lo and behold, Burnaby's Eco-Centre off Willingdon behind Costco takes engine oil, oil filters, AND anti-freeze. I dumped off 15 qts of oil, 3 filters, and 10L of antifreeze - no one in Vancouver wanted to deal with me.
They have huge labelled tanks for you to pour them out, and then bins right beside for your empty container. It''s unbelievable how Burnaby (hi Stewie!) can have such an amazing facility yet Vancouver has absolutely nothing. | Hi! lol
I actually used to work there when I first started at Burnaby 10+ years ago and it had the old layout. I was only there for 2 years before I moved on up in a different department, but for those 2 years when I and another coworker would run the place on the weekends it taught me a LOT haha.
That place will take almost anything.
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