OK to flush used oil down the toilet?
Jhat315
Art
Rojo2G
then filled with gravel and topped off with fine >soil. Used oil is poured in,
and by the time your next oil change >rolls around it is absorbed into the
ground.
This has got to be a joke response. You can just put it down the the hole in
your outhouse. Remember that pretty rainbow in your water is from the oil. Its
really ok for you to drink!
Billy Bad Assr©
I wouldn't and here is why >>> http://ianrpubs.unl.edu/wastemgt/nf196.htm
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>If I change the oil on my car, is it ok to flush the used oil down the toilet?
Nah. You should put a little on your breakfast cereal every day to
get rid of it.
ant
> If I change the oil on my car, is it ok to flush the used oil down
the toilet?
the standard american response is no. hell no, actually. its really
difficult to get that junk out of the water when it is treated.
why not just drop it off at autozone or [insert name of favorite parts
store here] like everyone else? im pretty sure any place that sells oil
has to take used oil back. around here, anyway.
anthony
JazzMan
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> If I change the oil on my car, is it ok to flush the used oil down the toilet?
It is illegal to take or dump used oil anywhere but an
authorized disposal facility, but you already knew this
when you posted this troll.
For creativity I give you a 3. For effectiveness, a 1/2.
JazzMan
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> If I change the oil on my car, is it ok to flush the used oil down the
> toilet?
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William R. Watt
Given the level of ignorance in the so-called "developed world" I don't
atuomatically suspect a troll when I read these things.
I keep an empty plastic 5 gal driveway sealer bucket in the garage where I
dump my used motor oil. When it's getting full I put the top on and drive
a couple of screws through to make sure it doesn't fall off, then put it
in the car and take it to the auto parts store that collects it for
recyling. I can call the city dump to get the name of a retailer close to
home where I can take my used motor oil.
Our municipality has garbage recyling so it's easy to find large plastic
jugs in the bins in front of people's houses on garbage day, for example
those big cat litter containers with the screw on lids. They make good
containers for used motor oil.
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> toilet?
Hmmm. Depends. Synthetic or mineral?
ed
ed
while your at it. bake a meatloaf with your old oil filter.
LawsuitJoe
the water before discharging it, and the sludge is removed and properly
disposed of. From what I've heard it is all chemically treated at the sewage
plant.
Billy Bad Assr©
Do you, or pehaps you know of someone that dumps oil into the sewage system?
Mark W
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Don Bruder
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> it's ok to drink & it's very good for ya.
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> m
I think you misspelled "& it'll increase the average IQ of the planet by
several points"...
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Uh... NO.
Standard municipal sewage treatment processes do NOT deal with used
engine oil. If it isn't used in cooking, laundry, dishwashing, bathing,
or doesn't come out of your backside, then it doesn't belong in the
sewage treatment process.
rudyxh...@yahoo.com
additional fee for recycling. It's required that the retailer post the
address of the dumping facility. There's millions of gallons
unaccounted for but it doesn't mean that this oil ended up down the
drain. I'm of the opinion that using synthetic that does its job for
longer oil change intervals that companies like Esso and Amsoil offer,
gives the consumer no excuse for dumping used oil down the drain.
Bob M.
news:FPGdnZnBx7L...@texas.net...
Uh, not quite. Some places do indeed allow things like engine coolant to be
dumped down the sewer. Engine oil, no but coolant, yes.
Dan
>If I change the oil on my car, is it ok to flush the used oil down the toilet?
It's only ok if you dont mind drinking it when it comes back out of
the tap when the treatment plant fails to get rid of it.
Spend the extra effort and find a local place that will take it. The
local landfill around here even has a free place for recycling
antifreeze, something even the big chain-stores usually won't take.
Dan
Billy Bad Assr©
> >
> >> Actually, it sounds doable. The sewage treatment plant removes everything
> >> from
> >> the water before discharging it, and the sludge is removed and properly
> >> disposed of. From what I've heard it is all chemically treated at the
> >> sewage
> >> plant.
> >
> > Uh... NO.
> >
> > Standard municipal sewage treatment processes do NOT deal with used engine
> > oil. If it isn't used in cooking, laundry, dishwashing, bathing, or
> > doesn't come out of your backside, then it doesn't belong in the sewage
> > treatment process.
> >
>
> Uh, not quite. Some places do indeed allow things like engine coolant to be
> dumped down the sewer. Engine oil, no but coolant, yes.
>
<GASP> COUGH - COUGH >> UNReal!!! >shakes head< I certainly hope that you're
kidding!!
...I'm beginning to get the impression that more than just a few individuals
believe that it's okay to pour petroleum products and or chemicals into our
sewer system!
BBA
Alex Rodriguez
says...
>
>
>If I change the oil on my car, is it ok to flush the used oil down the toilet?
Of course not. Take it to your local recylcling center.
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Alex