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Hazardous Materials: Oil & Oil Filter Recycling
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Recycling used motor oil conserves energy and natural resources. Oil
can be re-refined for reuse as motor oil or as fuel for ships. Oil
filters, which are up to 80% steel, can also be recycled into useful
products such as rebar and utility hole covers. It's up to you to make
sure used oil and oil filters reach a recycling facility and don't
pollute our environment.
List of Oil Recycling Locations
Oil Recycling and Re-Refined Oil FAQ's
Facts about Re-refined Motor Oil
$5.00 Of a Re-Refined Oil Change at Jiffy Lube 
Every year, more than 20 million gallons of used motor oil in the
Los Angeles area are dumped into our environment. The oil that pollutes
our groundwater and ocean comes from the seemingly harmless drip that
leaks onto the street, and from the do-it-yourselfers who dump oil in
vacant lots, trash cans, or storm drains. Not only are these dumping
practices harmful to the environment, they are also illegal and can
lead to expensive fines. Now, with many convenient locations throughout
Santa Monica that collect used oil for recycling, there is no reason to
illegally dispose of the oil drained from your car.
Free Collection Containers: To make oil recycling easier, the
City of Santa Monica, along with participating businesses and the
California Integrated Waste Management Board, provides direct-drain
containers for drop off at convenient oil recycling locations
throughout the city. These containers are free to all Santa Monica
residents and can be obtained at the city's Household Hazardous Waste Center. |
Last updated: Thursday, 05/14/2009
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20th Anniversary!
The Household Hazardous Waste Center is celebrating 20 years of service – and to make it official, a mural project was unveiled along with a new modular office space made out of used shipping containers. Yes, that’s right, shipping containers.
The mural was designed by Virginia Avenue Park Teen Center artist in residence, Juan Carlos Munoz Hernandez and several Teen Center youth. The intent was to create a flexible art piece to illustrate what comes into the HHW Center from the community, and to create and educational opportunity for the teen painters. It was a success. But don’t take our word for it. Come down and visit the center for yourself.
2500 Michigan Ave. just East of the 10 Freeway at Cloverfield
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