[hud 91gt]

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?

[nsx042003]

sigh...i feel the same, must be the cost associated with it.

[yray]

dump it at city hall :lol

[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 :high: - 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.

[Berzerker]

Just go find a street drain without a fish painted in front of it! Then you're harming the environment right?

Berz out.

[toyota86]

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.

[teggy604]

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!.

[originalhypa]

I thought Vancouver is green.

Vancouver isn't green. It's red, blue purple and brown.
And also green...

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:okay:

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?

[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.

[IMASA]

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

[Expresso]

Posted this couple of months ago as well.
https://www.revscene.net/forums/711926-used-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.

[CCA-Dave]

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...

-Dave

[hud 91gt]

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.

[Great68]

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.

[UnknownJinX]

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.

[Euro7r]

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.

[immorality]

The recycling center behind the Canada games pool in New West takes oil and coolant, but for some reason, not brake fluid.

[underscore]

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.

[invader]

Go to an oil change shop like jiffy lube or whatever they are called

Just be nice and they'll take it.

[FN-2199]

https://www.return-it.ca/links/industry/
https://rcbc.ca/
Great resource for any recyclables. RCBC has a "Recyclepedia" as well.

BCUOMA ? BC Used Oil Management Association (http://bcusedoil.com/)
This link lists all the places that take in used automotive fluids, but doesn't state any limits..

[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.

[R&R]

Canadian Tire in white rock still accept used oil

[FN-2199]

^^ 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

[!LittleDragon]

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.

[stewie]

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 :high: - 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.

[Simplex123]

Alternatively you can also purchase your oil from FCP Euro (http://fcpeuro.com/) and they have a lifetime replacement plan even for wear and tear items like brakes/oil and other fluids.
Buy oil or an oil change kit from them first. Then next time when you need an oil change, just order your new oil from them, do your oil change, fill up the containers with your old oil, ship it back to the states for $15-20, and they will refund you the amount that you paid for the new oil.
The whole process takes some time but it would just cost you $15-20 for each oil change, and they're great with other products as well check them out. I don't know how they are profiting, but they've been in business for quite a while now. Their replacement plan is only for the original purchaser, so I guess they bank on their parts outlasting their customers keeping their cars.

[320icar]

Just dump the jugs in the Canadian tire or mr lube parking lot after hours at the bay doors. Fuck em

[The Producer]

or costco tire center :awwyeah::lawl:

[UnknownJinX]

Alternatively you can also purchase your oil from FCP Euro (http://fcpeuro.com/) and they have a lifetime replacement plan even for wear and tear items like brakes/oil and other fluids.
Buy oil or an oil change kit from them first. Then next time when you need an oil change, just order your new oil from them, do your oil change, fill up the containers with your old oil, ship it back to the states for $15-20, and they will refund you the amount that you paid for the new oil.
The whole process takes some time but it would just cost you $15-20 for each oil change, and they're great with other products as well check them out. I don't know how they are profiting, but they've been in business for quite a while now. Their replacement plan is only for the original purchaser, so I guess they bank on their parts outlasting their customers keeping their cars.

Looks like you have to have a Euro car to use the site...

[BIC_BAWS]

Looks like you have to have a Euro car to use the site...You can get oil even w/o an Euro car. Chances are you could run the same oil, or they have 5w30.

FCP is great

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[coneZONE]

Canadian Tire was supposed to stop taking oil nationally approximately last year, iirc according to my old manager, but i could see why some locations may still take oil because theyre franchised and there's money to be made with the used oil.

I am not completely sure about the recycling centre in North Van, but i saw used oil filter drop-off last time i went, so i would think there's an oil and coolant drop-off as well

[Inaii]

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 :high: - 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.

This is really great information, thanks SkunkWorks! I'll update the list we have at work to include this one :D

[320icar]

or costco tire center :awwyeah::lawl:

If we did anything to do with fluids, sure. But we don’t. Feel free to drop off as many old tires as you want. Doesn’t cost us anything lol. Everyone pays the future recycling cost with the $5.00 eco fee at time of purchase

[underscore]

The whole process takes some time but it would just cost you $15-20 for each oil change

At that point I'm not saving any money over having a shop do it. FCP Euro is great for OEM euro stuff though.

[The Producer]

If we did anything to do with fluids, sure. But we don’t. Feel free to drop off as many old tires as you want. Doesn’t cost us anything lol. Everyone pays the future recycling cost with the $5.00 eco fee at time of purchase

which is why the CT 2 mins from my house should take oil. I have to pay the recycle fee on the oil they sell - but they won't recycle it anymore.

NP - just stop collecting the recycle fee :seriously:

[twitchyzero]

I mean I don't think the shops are tacking on that fee themselves...I would assume it comes from the prov government much like the BC eco fee for electronics, etc.

so whichever office is mandating this, we should just dump it at their doors until they make it clear which sites are actively taking used oils

[PiuYi]

^could write to our local MPs about this I suppose.... :badpokerface:

http://bcusedoil.com/
BC Used Oil Management Association
- informative site on where your recycling fee goes, what their minimum service levels are (on recycling facilities), etc
- ironically, a CT representative sits on their board of directors

[FB6]

Great Canadian Oil Change takes it, that's where I take my old oil.

[snowfarmer]

OK I know you were being serious but that was legit one of the funnier things I've read on here in a while!:rofl:

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.

[Speed2K]

If we did anything to do with fluids, sure. But we don’t. Feel free to drop off as many old tires as you want. Doesn’t cost us anything lol. Everyone pays the future recycling cost with the $5.00 eco fee at time of purchase


Nice, I found a couple of old tires in my garage, do I take them to the install bay or upfront? :)

[conandoyle]

I dropped it off at Vancouver Subaru dealer. They are kind enough to take 20L of my used oil.

[valent|n0]

New Westminster recycling by canada games pool take used oil

No brake fluid allowed only engine oil


They have a big drum that you empty to

[StanleyR]

New Westminster recycling by canada games pool take used oil

No brake fluid allowed only engine oil



There's literally no way they can decipher what's brake fluid and what isn't.

At Mr. Lube they had a pit I was welcomed to dump any and all old fluids into (including coolant). This was during their business hours.

[hud 91gt]

There's literally no way they can decipher what's brake fluid and what isn't.



That is one of the reasons we don't have places to drop our oil. Inconsiderate bastards mixing their fluids.

[Klobbersaurus]

There's literally no way they can decipher what's brake fluid and what isn't.


had 2 big buckets of "oil" dropped off before, they had lids on them, once we opened the lid, it wasn't oil but some other stuff, possibly shit and piss from an RV, had to call the city of Vancouver and they sent out a hazmat team to pick it,

when people leave bags of oil that leak everywhere, and we have to get the staff and store supplies to clean it up, that's why we stopped taking in oil

[coneZONE]

in the places I've worked at so far, used brake fluid and oil and other petroleum based lubricants were dumped together in the same tank, coolant separate, unless it was oil contaminated, then it went in with the oil. That's how the oil recycling guys come and pump it out.

I just don't understand where people seem to find endless amounts of really old, large glass containers filled with hydrochloric acid. And decide that they belong with waste oil.

had 2 big buckets of "oil" dropped off before, they had lids on them, once we opened the lid, it wasn't oil but some other stuff, possibly shit and piss from an RV, had to call the city of Vancouver and they sent out a hazmat team to pick it,

Now that I think about it... it makes sense now... some of those pails smelled a bit like shit or maybe sewage.
Oh well. I didn't know any better back then. If it wasn't liquid, it went straight to the garbage lol
Glad I stopped long ago doing that portion of that job, and don't work there anymore haha

[AzNightmare]

I used to bring it to a Honda dealer after I've accumulated a few 4L milk jugs of oil from several oil changes. I haven't been back in about a year... I hope they still take the oil.

[nicanor76]

I'd be willing to pay a few bucks to drop my fluid somewhere, rather pay $5 than spend days trying to find a place.

[nicanor76]

BCUOMA ? BC Used Oil Management Association (http://bcusedoil.com/)
just found this site

[320icar]

or costco tire center :awwyeah::lawl:

I thought people were just kidding. FYI we have no way in recycling this kind of product, we are absolutely not set up for it

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[The Producer]

I thought people were just kidding. FYI we have no way in recycling this kind of product, we are absolutely not set up for it


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[BIC_BAWS]

Apparently Richmond Regional Recycling doesn't take oil ._.

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[Hcoreposer]

Went to Burnaby Eco Centre a couple weeks ago. Dropped off at least 10 jugs of old Rotella/Mobil 1/Toyota oil and brought some spare empty bottles too. Easy process as they have a big black container with a mesh grill that you pour the oil into and also have a garbage bag you can recycle your empty bottles right next to it. Went after lunch during the weekday and weren't many people there and 2 attendants walking up and down asking if you needed help.

Signs were clearly labeled. Nice and clean facility.

[IMASA]

Apparently Richmond Regional Recycling doesn't take oil ._.

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I was looking at that place and I'm confused.
https://www.regionalrecycling.ca

City of Richmond's website says the RR on Vulcan Way accepts oil. The Regional Recycling website says they don't when you use their search, but if you go to the Richmond location and download the pdf of what they accept, it says they do accept oil. The phone # listed on their site doesn't work and I've emailed them with no response.

I ended up going to Jiffy Lube on #4 and they took 10L w/o any problems.

[BIC_BAWS]

I was looking at that place and I'm confused.
https://www.regionalrecycling.ca

City of Richmond's website says the RR on Vulcan Way accepts oil. The Regional Recycling website says they don't when you use their search, but if you go to the Richmond location and download the pdf of what they accept, it says they do accept oil. The phone # listed on their site doesn't work and I've emailed them with no response.

I ended up going to Jiffy Lube on #4 and they took 10L w/o any problems.

Yeah, that's what made me think they accepted oil. But when I got there they told me they didn't. I ended up using the bc used oil link above, and went to Mobil 1 Express on Bridgeport and 5rd.

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[Vulgate]

FYI - there is a new location in Vancouver to Recycle oil now. It is at the Regional Recycling center located at Terminal and Knight. I certainly didn't see this before and I was going to drop it off at Mobil Oil change on #5 and Bridgeport.

Material:
Oils Petroleum Based
Material Item:
Motor Oil
Location:
Vancouver
2 RETURN LOCATIONS
Regional Recycling - Vancouver
(877) 395-1281
960 Evans Avenue, Vancouver
Regional Recycling - Your One Stop Recycling Shop (http://www.regionalrecycling.ca)
HOURS
Mon - Sun 9:00am - 6:00pm, Statutory Holidays 11:00 am - 4:00 pm |CLOSED: Christmas Day, Boxing Day & New Years Day
This depot participates in the LightRecycle, RecycleMyCell, Paint plus and exchange, Call2Recycle, AlarmRecycle, OPEIC, BCUOMA, ElectroRecycle and Encorp beverage container/electronics, programs.


Recyclepedia Results | BC Recycles (http://www.bcrecycles.ca/recyclepedia-results?material=Oils%20Petroleum%20Based&material_item=Motor%20Oil&location=Vancouver#results)

[MaceWindu]

Ok I have a super noob question that I Google'd and couldn't figure out, kinda relevant to this thread. If I am planning on flushing my tranny fluid, diff fluid, and engine oil, do I need to keep them in three separate drain pans? Or can they all be in the same one?

[The Producer]

all the oils are going into the same drum anyway at the recycle depot

anything clear (coolant) goes in the one next to it

we had a dude watching us last time - accidentally started pouring some coolant into the oil drum and he sent us over to the other one

i'm still salty I can't get rid of fluids on the north shore

[The Producer]

necro bump! i remembered this old thread today.

https://www.vancouverisawesome.com/local-news/you-can-recycle-used-motor-oil-at-this-new-north-vancouver-facility-4343133?fbclid=IwAR1YUKeCT4fy40XnujlDnI-LokfCRchBNcoP0fuP2DcxGbWd_cCRTHn-4jo

finally used oil recycling is back in north van! I've been schlepping out to burnaby for the last few years.

went today with about 20 liters of used oil. no issues. :woot2:

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