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Is anyone else having to pay for used oil recycling? The local company that picks up oil for recycling has decided that it needs to charge for a service that used to be free. They now want $.32/quart for waste oil pickup. That is over $70 for 55 gallons. They take this oil and sell it to re-refiners but they said that no-one is buying anymore and they are having to store it in rail cars. According to state law I am not allowed to charge my customers for oil recycling (I'd have to hide the cost in the price of new oil). I'm thinking I will have to get an oil burner so I can dispose of my own used oil. Anyone in other parts of the country having this problem?

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Is anyone else having to pay for used oil recycling? The local company that picks up oil for recycling has decided that it needs to charge for a service that used to be free. They now want $.32/quart for waste oil pickup. That is over $70 for 55 gallons. They take this oil and sell it to re-refiners but they said that no-one is buying anymore and they are having to store it in rail cars. According to state law I am not allowed to charge my customers for oil recycling (I'd have to hide the cost in the price of new oil). I'm thinking I will have to get an oil burner so I can dispose of my own used oil. Anyone in other parts of the country having this problem?

 

Here in Indiana they are paying us 35 cents per gallon. At no time during the 11 years we have been open have I ever had to pay to have oil disposed. It has either been free or they have paid us.

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Here in Indiana they are paying us 35 cents per gallon. At no time during the 11 years we have been open have I ever had to pay to have oil disposed. It has either been free or they have paid us.

 

We have a waste oil heater and burn most of our waste oil. The oil we dispose of we get anywhere from 15 cents to 30 cents a gallon depending on the going price, but never ever had to pay someone to get rid of it.

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Safety Kleen picks up mine. When you have more than 100 gallons they will pick up for free. I am not sure what the cutoff is for how much they take before they actually pay you for it but I won't hit that cutoff anytime soon. I have 3 55 gallon drums and I call them when they are full. Every couple of months for me.

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Safety Kleen picks up mine. When you have more than 100 gallons they will pick up for free. I am not sure what the cutoff is for how much they take before they actually pay you for it but I won't hit that cutoff anytime soon. I have 3 55 gallon drums and I call them when they are full. Every couple of months for me.

 

Are they any other companies in your area that pick up waste oil. We no longer deal with Safety Kleen. We deal with a lubricate supplier that sells antifreeze, washer solvent (all in bulk) and other chemicals, and they also pick up our waste oil. And, like I said, they also pay us the the waste oil. We give them 250 to 400 gallons at a time and few times a year,that may be the difference.

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Are they any other companies in your area that pick up waste oil. We no longer deal with Safety Kleen. We deal with a lubricate supplier that sells antifreeze, washer solvent (all in bulk) and other chemicals, and they also pick up our waste oil. And, like I said, they also pay us the the waste oil. We give them 250 to 400 gallons at a time and few times a year,that may be the difference.

 

We have a 300 gallon tank. Sometimes the waste oil haulers don't want to pay you for quantities of less than 100-150 gallons at a time. All of the haulers take this oil and sell it. Mostly it is mixed with diesel fuel and burned in cement kilns. There are usually 2-3 companies or more in each area who handled waste oil. As a general rule Safety Kleen is the most expensive option. The state department of environmental management whatever it is called in your state should be able to give you a list of used oil haulers. I would get it and call the haulers and ask them if they buy used oil and if so what is a minimum quantity. This is an area in which I have great familarity since I spent ten years in environmental consulting and contracting. At one time we were working with a major discount retailer redesigning and renovating the oil-water separator system in their Tire and Lube Expresses. We even did a few stores in New York state. We came within an eyelash of landing the contract to handle all of their used oil disposal East of the Mississippi.

 

Here is a list of Companies for Tennessee:

 

http://tn.gov/environment/swm/pdf/Procandtranslist.pdf

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There are a few other companies around here that would pick up the oil but Safety Kleen was the only one that bothered to call me back. I guess other ones didn't want to be bothered with my small amount. I do get my parts washer serviced by them as well as my anti-freeze picked up by them. The parts washer service costs money bu the rest of the fluid pickups are free to me. I don't have any more room to store waste oil so I am just glad to have a place to get rid of it and have a record of where it went.

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We own our own parts washer and use mineral spirits as our solvent. Mineral spirit is a non-hazardous compound except for flashpoint. If you use the regular type it has a flashpoint below 140 degrees which makes the used mineral spirits a hazardous waste due to the explosion hazard. However, one can buy mineral spirits formulated with a flashpoint greater than 140 degrees. This type is non-hazardous. We use this type and buy it by the 55 gallon drum. A drum will last me about 2 years. When I want to change my parts washer solvent I then simply mix the old parts washer solvent in with my waste oil and it is all recycled and I get paid for it. I can do this because this material is simply non-hazardous minerals spirits, oil, and grease all of this has BTU value so the oil transporter is happy to get it. This is the cheapest option I have on waste handling and is a perfectly legitimate way to handle the waste according to the Indiana Department of Environmental Management and Federal EPA rules.

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I would also check to see if you have a Heritage-Crystal Clean.

 

http://www.crystal-clean.com/

 

They don't charge me for the oil filter pickup. I paid an installation fee for the 55 gallon drum and then the pickup and replacements of the drums are free. I also switched to them for my oil pickup as they are paying .60 a gallon for used oil as compared to Safety-Kleens .17 a gallon. They are also considerably cheaper on the parts washer solvent.

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I would also check to see if you have a Heritage-Crystal Clean.

 

http://www.crystal-clean.com/

 

They don't charge me for the oil filter pickup. I paid an installation fee for the 55 gallon drum and then the pickup and replacements of the drums are free. I also switched to them for my oil pickup as they are paying .60 a gallon for used oil as compared to Safety-Kleens .17 a gallon. They are also considerably cheaper on the parts washer solvent.

 

Currently we are getting $0.80 for our used oil.

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Amazingly I was paid $1.15/gallon about a month ago from a local hauler in my area. Safety Kleen was offering .50 I think.

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