Used oil is a valuable resource.
Used oil can be re-refined as a lubricating oil, used as a clean fuel and reprocessed to create many petroleum based products. Recycling it saves this non-renewable resource for future use. Recycled, its great!
Improperly disposed of, its harmful.
America's worst oil spill isn't noted much in the news because it is spread all over the U.S. The EPA estimates that 200 million gallons of used oil are dumped on the ground, tossed in the trash (ending up in landfills) and poured down storm sewers and drains every year.
Just one gallon of used oil, the amount from a single small engine, has the potential to contaminate up to one million gallons of fresh water -- a year's supply for 50 people.
A single gallon will create an eight acre oil slick. It will poison fish and reduce the oxygen produced by aquatic plants. Its bad.
Improper disposal is illegal.
The 1993 Utah Legislature enacted the "Used Oil Management Act" mandating new standards for the collection, processing and recycling or reusing of used oil. The act corresponds with the standards promulgated by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
The Utah Division of Solid and Hazardous Waste developed and is responsible for implementing the standards for management of used oil, R315-15. Copies may be obtained from the division. It is illegal for anyone to place, discard or otherwise dispose of used oil in a landfill, in sewers, drainage systems, septic tanks, surface or ground waters, or on the ground.
A single violation of the used oil disposal law can result in a fine of up to $10,000.
Who is responsible for proper disposal?
Every Utahn is responsible to help keep our state free of improperly trashed oil. It is estimated that sixty percent of us change our own motor oil. If you don't, there is almost surely someone in your family or circle of friends who does. Please encourage everyone who handles used oil to locate the used oil collection center nearest you and use it.
If there isn't a used oil collection center near you, encourage a local service station, garage, auto parts store or other merchant to find out about becoming a collection center. Details can be obtained by calling 1-800-458-0145.
If you would like more information about used oil collection for your school, organization, club or group, call or write the Utah Division of Solid and Hazardous Waste at 538-6170.
| Collection Center |
Address |
Phone |
|
| Auto Zone |
762 East State
American Fork, UT |
763-9870 |
5 gal. maximum per day vehicle oil |
| Checker Auto Parts |
194 East Main
American Fork, UT |
756-6076 |
5 gal. maximum per day vehicle oil |
| Jiffy Lube |
562 E. State St.
American Fork, UT |
756-5333 |
5 gal. maximum per day vehicle oil |
| Wal-Mart Lube & Tire Express |
949 W. Grassland Dr.
American Fork, Ut |
492-1102 |
5 gal. maximum per day vehicle oil |
| Goshen Transfer Station |
15800 S. Country Rd.
Goshen, UT |
667-9910 |
5 gal. maximum per day vehicle oil
Farm oil |
| Checker Auto Parts |
498 East Main
Lehi, UT |
766-1008 |
5 gal. maximum per day vehicle oil |
| Jiffy Lube |
116 South 850 East
Lehi, UT |
766-1914 |
5 gal. maximum per day vehicle oil |
| Wal-Mart Lube & Tire Express |
585 North State St.
Lindon, UT |
785-8366 |
5 gal. maximum per day vehicle oil |
| Jiffy Lube |
625 North State
Lindon, UT |
785-8097 |
5 gal. maximum per day vehicle oil |
| Pep Boys |
280 South State
Orem, UT |
224-8884 |
5 gal. maximum per day vehicle oil |
| Jiffy Lube |
91 North State
Orem, UT |
226-1150 |
5 gal. maximum per day vehicle oil |
| Checker Auto Parts |
874 South State
Orem, UT |
224-0117 |
5 gal. maximum per day vehicle oil |
| Checker Auto Parts |
1108 North State
Orem, UT |
224-4548 |
5 gal. maximum per day vehicle oil |
| Auto Zone |
303 South State
Orem, UT |
224-8855 |
5 gal. maximum per day vehicle oil |
| Auto Zone |
1187 N. State
Orem, UT |
426-4804 |
5 gal. maximum per day vehicle oil |
| NAPA |
110 East 400 South
Orem, UT |
226-6300 |
5 gal. maximum per day vehicle oil |
| Wal-Mart Lube & Tire Express |
1355 South Sandhill Rd.
Orem, UT |
221-0600 |
5 gal. maximum per day vehicle oil |
| Orem City Public Works |
955 N. 900 W.
Orem, Ut |
229-7540 |
5 Gal. maximum per day vehicle oil |
| Checker Auto Parts |
25 East 500 North
Payson, UT |
465-8515 |
5 gal. maximum per day vehicle oil |
| Wal-Mart Lube & Tire Express |
1052 Turf Farm Rd.
Payson, UT |
465-8246 |
5 gal. maximum per day vehicle oil |
| Payson Auto Supply (NAPA) |
190 East 100 North
Payson, UT |
465-9268 |
5 gal. maximum per day vehicle oil |
| Checker Auto Parts |
442 E. State
Pleasant Grove, UT |
796-3782 |
5 gal. maximum per day vehicle oil |
| Jiffy Lube |
290 West 1230 North
Provo, UT |
377-7636 |
5 gal. maximum per day vehicle oil |
| Jiffy Lube |
836 South University Ave.
Provo, UT |
370-0303 |
5 gal. maximum per day vehicle oil |
| Jiffy Lube |
1575 North 200 West
Provo, UT |
377-2072 |
5 gal. maximum per day vehicle oil |
| Auto Zone |
333 South 600 East
Provo, UT |
374-3050 |
5 gal. maximum per day vehicle oil |
| Checker Auto Parts |
197 North 500 West
Provo, UT |
374-9312 |
5 gal. maximum per day vehicle oil |
| Checker Auto |
1428 N. Redwood Rd.
Saratoga Springs, UT |
801-489-3027 |
5 gal. per day vehicle oil |
| Auto Zone |
723 North 800 East
Spanish Fork, UT |
798-1055 |
5 gal. maximum per day vehicle oil |
| Checker Auto Parts |
693 North 900 East
Spanish Fork, UT |
798-3579 |
5 gal. maximum per day vehicle oil |
| Auto Zone |
768 North State St.
Springville, UT |
489-0192 |
5 Gal. maximum per day vehicle oil |
| Checker Auto Parts |
815 North Main
Springville, UT |
491-0391 |
5 gal. maximum per day vehicle oil |
| South Valley Transfer Station |
2450 W. 400 S.
Springville, UT |
801-489-3027 |
|
| Wal-Mart Lube & Tire Express |
660 South 1750 West
Springville, UT |
489-6293 |
5 gal. maximum per day vehicle oil |
If you change your own motor oil, you can recycle it at more than 200 collection centers throughout the state at no cost to you.
1. Place used oil in a clean, leakproof, reusable container with a tight-fitting cap. Do not use containers previously used for gasoline, antifreeze, paint, thinners, solvents or bleach.
2. Additional oil can be recovered by draining used oil filters. Throughly drained filters can be disposed of in household trash.
3. Don't mix used oil with water, gasoline, antifreeze, solvents or any other substances. Remember, used oil only! If its not, it can't be recycled, its dangerous and illegal to put it into the Utah Used Oil Recycling System.
4. To find the used oil collection center nearest you, call the Utah County Division of Environmental Health, 370-4525 or the Utah Department of Environmental Quality, toll free, at 1-800-458-0145.
