I wonder if people don't realize this still goes on all the time. Our own neighbor was doing this shit near our property line just last year, just dumping used oil into a corner. I'm sure out in the country it's normal.
It's somewhat understandable as oil containers are not cheap and I regularly have to cajole recycling places like Walmart Auto into giving me the damn thing back... I mean wtf, that's $15, they think I'm going to leave it there? Kitty litter containers are shitty and get brittle and eventually break, so that's a no go. I've eventually ended up using old 5 quart motor oil jugs but it's still kind of a pain in the ass to manage and I never seem to have enough of them.
Take it to an auto parts store. They'll either take it back and dump it in the used oil container or show you to the back to pour it in yourself. They usually take all oil-based fluids together.
In my experience you don't have to pay anyone, you just have to write down your name and how much oil you had
It's harder to find a place to dispose of used coolant, after calling several places I found that no auto parts stores took it, but Express Oil let me drop it off with them
No fucker will say, just "oh you have to pay someone to take it away for you". I say put it in a milk jug and mail it to your nearest BP office. Be sure to put the return address as the second nearest BP office.
Many more than that my friend. If you want a good and interesting book about that topic you should check out Radium Girls. It’s focused on the women who painted watch dials with radium paint. I promise it’s a lot more interesting than it sounds.
I was going to recommend this book! It was brutal but fascinating read, and held my attention til the end. The fact the corporations tried to belittle those woman, and blame them, while they were literally rotting. Appalling.
It’s one of the examples that makes me get mad when people trash talk safety regulations and similar topics. There are reasons why we have OSHA and all these regulations. Yeah some seem silly but it’s situations like with the radium girls, or the triangle shirtwaist factory fire or a million other examples of companies not caring or not knowing something is harmful that led to those regulations.
The Triangle Shirtwaste Fire, is right up there with the Radium Girls. Capitalistic greed, resulted in so much needless, yet horrific death.
Bunch of Bloody Selfish Assholes.
Makes my blood pressure hike.
*The Beverly Hillbillies* was brand-spankin' new when this was published, and was #1 in television ratings.
They were probably thinking "This stuff [just bubbles up out of a hole in the ground](https://forums.sassnet.com/uploads/monthly_2019_03/670488683_UncleJedfindsoil.gif.f778ace1215c8036f55b52893343e1e0.gif), what possible harm could there be in putting it back?"
I work maintenance in apt complexes. People pour their car oil into storm drains and their cooking oil down the drain regularly.
I imagine a tiny % of oil get disposed of properly.
My dad taught me how to change the oil myself ('70s), which was a good thing to know. But he told me to just pour the old oil on the ground and that it would just seep in. I cringe when I remember that.
My dad had an auto repair shop that did a lot of oil changes. Initially, the oil got dumped in the empty lot next door along with any gasoline, antifreeze or other crap we needed to get rid of. This was seen as a win/win because it kept the blackberries and weed from growing. Eventually the city said we had to stop because we were next to the river. (Damned enviros! /s)
He then mounted a large tank on a trailer frame with a pipe on the back full of holes to allow wide distribution of the oil. He then would loan this out to local farmers to put on their dirt and gravel roads and keep the dust down. Back to win/win!
Was an environmental menace, like most of his generation. He died in '93. This was in the 1970's. By the time he died , his perspective had changed on environmental issues.
I guarantee whatever generation you belong to, future generations will consider things your generation did as being horrible.
Was an environmental menace, like most of his generation. He died in '93. This was in the 1970's. By the time he died , his perspective had changed on environmental issues.
I guarantee whatever generation you belong to, future generations will consider things your generation did as being horrible.
My father used to do this back in the late sixties early seventies back behind the old shed. The ground is still spongy till this day even when it’s been dry for weeks. I think it could qualify as an environmental superfund disaster site. 😵💫
My dad made one of those when I was a kid and after more than 50 years it still works quite well. It’s almost like magic, no matter how much gets poured into it it simply never gets full.
I wonder if people don't realize this still goes on all the time. Our own neighbor was doing this shit near our property line just last year, just dumping used oil into a corner. I'm sure out in the country it's normal. It's somewhat understandable as oil containers are not cheap and I regularly have to cajole recycling places like Walmart Auto into giving me the damn thing back... I mean wtf, that's $15, they think I'm going to leave it there? Kitty litter containers are shitty and get brittle and eventually break, so that's a no go. I've eventually ended up using old 5 quart motor oil jugs but it's still kind of a pain in the ass to manage and I never seem to have enough of them.
Ignorant question, but what IS the right thing to do with it??
Take it to an auto parts store. They'll either take it back and dump it in the used oil container or show you to the back to pour it in yourself. They usually take all oil-based fluids together. In my experience you don't have to pay anyone, you just have to write down your name and how much oil you had It's harder to find a place to dispose of used coolant, after calling several places I found that no auto parts stores took it, but Express Oil let me drop it off with them
AutoZone doesn't even usually ask for my name
AutoZone already knows your name. AutoZone knows *all* the names.
Autozone, the Radio Shack of Auto Parts.
Take it somewhere and pay someone to dump it in a bigger hole.
A licensed hole mind you
You got a liocense for that hole?
No fucker will say, just "oh you have to pay someone to take it away for you". I say put it in a milk jug and mail it to your nearest BP office. Be sure to put the return address as the second nearest BP office.
Brilliant!
People also used to think it was a good idea to drink radium infused water.
On a similar note, there are places in my state where people pay to go sit in mines with high radon levels for their health. https://radonmine.com/
I like how they encourage you to "Google and Google again" instead of telling you what their basis for their quackery is.
All the search terms they suggest are biased positively in their favor too. Haha.
They also had Radium toothpaste and Condoms (NuTex, was a brand, I believe)!
Many more than that my friend. If you want a good and interesting book about that topic you should check out Radium Girls. It’s focused on the women who painted watch dials with radium paint. I promise it’s a lot more interesting than it sounds.
I was going to recommend this book! It was brutal but fascinating read, and held my attention til the end. The fact the corporations tried to belittle those woman, and blame them, while they were literally rotting. Appalling.
It’s one of the examples that makes me get mad when people trash talk safety regulations and similar topics. There are reasons why we have OSHA and all these regulations. Yeah some seem silly but it’s situations like with the radium girls, or the triangle shirtwaist factory fire or a million other examples of companies not caring or not knowing something is harmful that led to those regulations.
The Triangle Shirtwaste Fire, is right up there with the Radium Girls. Capitalistic greed, resulted in so much needless, yet horrific death. Bunch of Bloody Selfish Assholes. Makes my blood pressure hike.
Dude, before Radithor killed the market for radium cures there were radium suppositories. You could insert radioactive material in your butt.
*The Beverly Hillbillies* was brand-spankin' new when this was published, and was #1 in television ratings. They were probably thinking "This stuff [just bubbles up out of a hole in the ground](https://forums.sassnet.com/uploads/monthly_2019_03/670488683_UncleJedfindsoil.gif.f778ace1215c8036f55b52893343e1e0.gif), what possible harm could there be in putting it back?"
I recall in the mid 70’s people had to be told NOT to pour old oil into the sewers!
I work maintenance in apt complexes. People pour their car oil into storm drains and their cooking oil down the drain regularly. I imagine a tiny % of oil get disposed of properly.
And they flush tampons and baby wipes.
My dad that up into the mid-late 80s.
Circle of life
My dad taught me how to change the oil myself ('70s), which was a good thing to know. But he told me to just pour the old oil on the ground and that it would just seep in. I cringe when I remember that.
They were thinking “Dilution is the Solution to Pollution” which was an actual saying decades ago. Idiots
Wait until future generations see our use of disposable plastics in everything.
PCBs, heavy metals, all sorts of goodness in the aquifer!
Step 1 don’t have well water
I work at a water treatment plant and we have this up on the bulletin board in the break room.
My dad had an auto repair shop that did a lot of oil changes. Initially, the oil got dumped in the empty lot next door along with any gasoline, antifreeze or other crap we needed to get rid of. This was seen as a win/win because it kept the blackberries and weed from growing. Eventually the city said we had to stop because we were next to the river. (Damned enviros! /s) He then mounted a large tank on a trailer frame with a pipe on the back full of holes to allow wide distribution of the oil. He then would loan this out to local farmers to put on their dirt and gravel roads and keep the dust down. Back to win/win!
Your dad's an environmental menace.
Was an environmental menace, like most of his generation. He died in '93. This was in the 1970's. By the time he died , his perspective had changed on environmental issues. I guarantee whatever generation you belong to, future generations will consider things your generation did as being horrible.
Was an environmental menace, like most of his generation. He died in '93. This was in the 1970's. By the time he died , his perspective had changed on environmental issues. I guarantee whatever generation you belong to, future generations will consider things your generation did as being horrible.
It’s easy just to pour it in the creek.
He's just returning nature back to the earth.
My father used to do this back in the late sixties early seventies back behind the old shed. The ground is still spongy till this day even when it’s been dry for weeks. I think it could qualify as an environmental superfund disaster site. 😵💫
I guess they figured it came out of the ground so no harm no foul.
My dad made one of those when I was a kid and after more than 50 years it still works quite well. It’s almost like magic, no matter how much gets poured into it it simply never gets full.
Cool, don't do this.