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Old 18-09-2006, 10:13 PM   #31
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pour it down the sink haha.

No, my best mates dad has a transport business and they do all the truck servicing in house, i deposit my oil in their recycling drums to get taken away and used as some for of energy (some mob comes and gets it for free).

Id never dump oil down the sink or just in the bin!
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Old 18-09-2006, 10:16 PM   #32
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Most local councils should have some sort of oil recycling facility you can take it to
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Old 18-09-2006, 10:24 PM   #33
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I'm a bit greener these days. Lately I've put it into a 20 litre drum. Not sure what I'll do when its full though. Probably try to find a place that accepts the oil, and pour it out there.
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Old 18-09-2006, 10:39 PM   #34
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Do you pour chemicals down the storn water pipes too?
I do.
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Old 18-09-2006, 10:46 PM   #35
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yea i work in the railway so there is heaps of places for me to get rid of it in the rite mannor but it is also good for garden edging made out of wood it keeps the termites away
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Old 18-09-2006, 10:49 PM   #36
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On the road and do a few skids in it
In the good old days we used to get rid of the old sump oil at the Dandy drags. Boys would light up their tyres and have fun before the local fire brigade arrived and killed the joy.

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Old 18-09-2006, 11:21 PM   #37
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My neighbour used to take my used oil to use in his cars. True.
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Old 19-09-2006, 11:36 AM   #38
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pour it on the driveway, to stop the dust.... epa dont like it though, or we put it on fence posts to stop rotting...
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Old 19-09-2006, 12:06 PM   #39
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pour it on bull ant nests, kill the bastards.
thats not a bad idea...
except we have fireants and those other ones that hurt and breed like theres no tomorrow.
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Old 19-09-2006, 12:12 PM   #40
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man the dump costs just under $10 for anything- even a bottle of oil. i've considered leaving it in their driveway../

an interesting point- I was watching a kiddies edumacational show (totally wild type thing) where this lady reckoned to seal the container and throw it in the wheelie bin.......i have a coupla times but I didnt think it was the thing to do...did TV lie to me?

change around 30 000k's or so when it tests up as buggered.
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Old 19-09-2006, 12:59 PM   #41
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Oil is $75 a barrel and you are throwing it away. Do you also light cigars with $100 bills? You guys are crazy! ;-)
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Old 19-09-2006, 01:01 PM   #42
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In other news go here to find a complete Aussie wide directory of where you can recycle your old oil.
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Old 19-09-2006, 01:19 PM   #43
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Any place that charges to take oil away is ripping you off... If you have enough amounts (1,000+ltrs) certain companies actually give you money for it!

I have a couple 20ltr drums which get filled and then taken to the tip which has a recylcing facility for it.

Throwing oil & oil filters into normal domestic garbage....... :togo:
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Old 19-09-2006, 01:29 PM   #44
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Just out of curiousity how do they recycle it/re-use oil?
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Old 19-09-2006, 03:02 PM   #45
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It's reused as cheap brand oil. Thats what we did at ultra tune 10 years ago.
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