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Motor oil (new and used) is toxic. One gallon of motor oil can pollute one million gallons of drinking water, a one-year supply for 50 people. In fact, used motor oil accounts for 40% of oil pollution in America’s waterways. Please recycle used motor oil. DO NOT pour it on the ground or into the storm drain.


RECYCLE YOUR OIL FILTERS! Currently 90% of used oil filters are not recycled. However, recycling one ton of used oil filters recovers 1,700 pounds of steel and up to 60 gallons of used motor oil.

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How to Recycle Used Motor Oil and Filters

THE CITY OF FRESNO OFFERS TWO EASY WAYS
 TO RECYCLE YOUR USED MOTOR OIL AND OIL FILTERS AFTER YOUR OIL CHANGE:

EASIEST: Residential Curbside Recycling

Have your used motor oil and/or oil filter picked up at your home through the once a week Residential Curbside Recycling Program (available to Fresno’s single family residential customers only, with a limit of two gallons per week). The City offers special program containers FREE OF CHARGE.

1. Call 621-1452 and request free containers for used oil and/or oil filters (use special program containers only). Containers will be delivered by the Solid Waste Management Division
2. Pour used oil into the program container (make sure oil is not contaminated with water or any chemicals). Drained oil filters should be placed in the program’s plastic bag.
3. Place used motor oil and oil filters NEXT  to your blue cart on your collection day. DO NOT place oil or special containers on or inside the blue cart.

EASY: Certified Collection Centers

1. Locate a Certified Collection Center near you. See list at the bottom of this page or call 1(800) CLEAN-UP for locations.
2. Take your used motor oil and/or oil filters into a certified collection center during business hours. DO NOT leave used oil outside the Collection Centers after business hours. Improper disposal of Used Motor Oil is a violation of California Health & Safety Code 25189.6.

Certified Collection Centers will pay you 40¢ per gallon for your used motor oil. Contaminated oil (oil with traces of anti-freeze, paint or other substances) will NOT be accepted by the Collection Centers, OR by your curbside collection program. 


Call 262-4259 for the date and location of the next household hazardous waste collection event.

The locations listed below will dispose of Used Motor Oil.
* Indicates that the Certified Collections Center also accepts Used Oil Filters.
Before visiting one of these centers, please call to verify hours of operation and quantities accepted.

If you own or operate an automotive parts retail shop, service or repair shop, gas station, or auto dealership and are interested in becoming certified please visit the web site for the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery (CalRecycle).

This program is funded in part by a grant from the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery (CalRecycle).