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Information on recycling oil and oil filters- read on

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Real Estate Agent with Pure Realtors

Oil and oil filters should be disposed of properly.  One quart of oil disposed of improperly can pollute 250,000 gallons of drinking water.  Used motor oil never wears out.  Contaminants can be removed through a refining process.  This refining takes 70% less energy than the 42 gallons of high quality crude oil it takes to produce 2.5 quarts of new oil.

It is illegal to:

pour used oil on the ground

pour used oil down a drain or sewer

put used oil in the trash

apply used oil to roads for dust suppression

Retailers who sell motor oil are required to post a sign or provide a telephone number identifying the location of the closest collection site for used oil.

One suggestion to dispose of oil properly is draining it into a clean plastic container that can be sealed then taken to a facility that handles disposing the oil properly.

 

Angelia Garcia- Keep Glenn Heights Beautiful

Pure Realtors LLC

214-701-2349

Comments (1)

Sussie Sutton
David Tracy Real Estate - Houston, TX
David Tracy Real Estate for Buyers & Sellers

Gone are the days of seeing neighbors change their motor oil and just pouring it in drainage ditches or right in their own yard! People were so not informed back in the 50's. I am so glad we are now so hopefully, the majority of us will not be destroying our beautiful earth.

PS Love the new picture!

Mar 23, 2012 05:43 AM