Dumping waste oil, brake fluid etc...where?

[Duc]

I do my own oil and filter changes, clutch and brake bleeds.

Where do you dump your waste (responsibly)?

Until recently I belonged to a Boating Club and they had an excellent facility that I took advantage of in the interest of the environment.

BTW: Interested to know if anyone dumps it in land fill although do not expect anyone to admit they do so.

[Disco Dan]

I have a large drum I pour used engine oil into (cars & bike) then I use it to soak parts in and heated metal to stop it rusting etc. When the drum is full I take it too the local landfill and they dispose of it safely.

[unhingedlizard]

I always take it to the local landfill. They usually have a seperate place to dispose of it.

[judecatmad]

Wait til the Hazmobile comes around to your area. Benefit = it's free, down side = only comes around once a year.

Or I think the transfer station at Constellation Drive takes hazardous waste (you pay to get rid of it but at least you can get rid of it right away). Not sure where in Auckland you are. If you're not North Shore then it would pay to check with your local transfer station.

[geoffm]

Look for the Hazmobile - Auckland city council hazardous waste collection mobile pickup. The have locations in the local rag sometimes, or look on the website.
Geoff

[Oakie]

To my shame I must admit that the miniscule amounts of that sort of fluid that I generate each year goes down the drain. (About a litre of transmission fluid and a couple of litres of old vegetable oil is all that's gone down this year). Unfortunately karma bit me in the ass a couple of weeks back when our drains got blocked. I waited nervously as the plumber did his thing hoping that I wouldn't have to guiltily hide a small oil slick on the ground but fortunately all that gushed back out was some old turd sludge so that was cool.
Proper disposal from now on.

[spookytooth]

I just dig a hole in the garden and toss it in

[Motig]

Yep, it came from the ground so it goes back there and in a million odd years someone can get it back out and use it again. Its called recycling.:yes:

[Pixie]

Burn it
The carbon cycle will,er..recycle it.

[Deviant Esq]

The local petrol station down the road from where I used to live has a massive drum / silo you could pour your old oil into. Presumably they either disposed of it properly or cleaned it up in some way for it to be reused in some application. I'd say give some of your local petrol stations or car workshops a call, at least one of them should have a similar thing. :)

[Duc]

I just dig a hole in the garden and toss it in

I suspect you and a couple of others aren't joking. :nono:

[Flyingpony]

Where can we dispose of the old oil containers?

They're not #1 or #2 plastic so won't be accepted by the council recycle system.

[sAsLEX]

Where can we dispose of the old oil containers?

They're not #1 or #2 plastic so won't be accepted by the council recycle system.

Auckland has big wheelie bins, well north shore, that they cant see whats in..........

[gixermike]

the hazmobile is in north shore on 24th march..not sure when it's anywhere else....I was wondering how to do the same thing a few weeks back and found it. it's shown on the council websites with dates.

have an 'interesting' range of stuff for them...

Mike

[imdying]

Most transfer stations take it. Don't put it down the drain or the council sends you a bill in the mail :whistle:

[crashe]

It kills weeds really good......... around the boundary line of your section...
if you have run out of 'Roundup'

[Trudes]

The local petrol station down the road from where I used to live has a massive drum / silo you could pour your old oil into. Presumably they either disposed of it properly or cleaned it up in some way for it to be reused in some application. I'd say give some of your local petrol stations or car workshops a call, at least one of them should have a similar thing. :)

And that is the reason why you should never get a forecourt attendant to top up the oil in your car....

[Motu]

I would apprieciate it if you didn't divulge trade secrets to the general public please.

[Ixion]

Disposal of old oil is easy.

When you buy the new keg, get a plastic "shop" bag (ie the plastic bag that Repco or whoever put stuff in) . Keep the bag, and once the oil is changed put the old oil back into the (now empty) keg the new oil came in. Put the keg of old oil in the shop bag . Drive back to Repco or wherever. Park. Put bag on ground beside door of car , as you do when fiddling with keys etc. Get in car leaving bag with old oil on the ground. Drive off. Some lucky person will score a keg of nice "new" oil. Sorted.

[unhingedlizard]

Disposal of old oil is easy.

When you buy the new keg, get a plastic "shop" bag (ie the plastic bag that Repco or whoever put stuff in) . Keep the bag, and once the oil is changed put the old oil back into the (now empty) keg the new oil came in. Put the keg of old oil in the shop bag . Drive back to Repco or wherever. Park. Put bag on ground beside door of car , as you do when fiddling with keys etc. Get in car leaving bag with old oil on the ground. Drive off. Some lucky person will score a keg of nice "new" oil. Sorted.


Thats funny. But it is how I get rid of old oil kegs. Just put the old oil back into it. Then take it to the tip with a load of rubbish and they usually tell you where to stick it. One way or another.

[Motu]

I used to run my old A40 on waste oil - not any waste oil,I used to save the oil of customers late model cars who changed before their mileage was due.I did 16 lubes a day so had plenty to choose from.I kept the oil in a container in the tray (friggen useless pickups)...and one day someone stole my used oil container....heh,heh,silly buggers.

Garages are reluctant to take used oil not produced in their own business....used oil pickup is free at the moment,but it has not always been that way....in fact a long time ago we were paid for it by the oil rerefinery.They are responsable for any contanination by solvents,they have to pay for decontamination of the whole tanker or holding tank.They might say no to your old oil.

[ManDownUnder]

Ring the loacl garage and get a spare 20 litre drum off them (they'll have them kicking around). Pour your waste oil into that and when it's full take it to the land fill for safe disposal (per DD post)

Alternately, go for a 60 litre drum if needed.

No to pouring it into the landfill. Very dumb idea

[ManDownUnder]

in fact a long time ago we were paid for it by the oil rerefinery.

Which presumes they reprocess it somehow? Into... oil or other?

[Bonez]

Mine goes into a 20ltr container and is used for many things. Clearing up the mutts exma (tip from trainee vet), spot weeding, topping up the CX/lawnmower, fence stain and a 101 other uses.

[Motu]

Which presumes they reprocess it somehow? Into... oil or other?

Dominion Oil Refinery was in Onehunga and used to rerefine the oil back into oils of various kinds.We used to go down and buy oil by the 60 litre drum - they had these huge vats,and they'd take your drum and just pour it in.I was pretty good oil,but nothing fancy.

I went on a tour of the site about 10 years ago,not long before it was closed down.The place was just too ''dirty'' to clean up,modern rules and regulations just couldn't be met.They still have to dispose of the waste products.They used to filter the oil through clay filters on one of the refining stages....like how do they get rid of that.

[idleidolidyll]

tip it down the sink or the drain outside.

the oceans are huge and your little bottle of oil will thin out so much that it will actually disappear and be a problem for nobody

(based on a conversation in China)

I lived in Lanzhou City, China in 97. Lanzhou is at the end of a closed valley cut by the Yellow River (Huang He) between the Gobi Desert and the Tibetan Plateau. It suffers from terrible pollution (mainly in winter when the air doesn't rise).
The city's solution was to dig out the mountain at the end of the valley allowing the wind to blow the pollution to the East.
A young lady on a bus one day told me this was a wonderful solution because once the pollution dissipated enough, it WOULD actually cease to exist: she was serious in her belief.

By the time I was living in Lanzhou the project was well underway and an army of worker ants had already removed about 20% from the top of the mountain (Lanzhou is at 1700 metres)

[Maha]

tip it down the sink or the drain outside.

the oceans are huge and your little bottle of oil will thin out so much that it will actually disappear and be a problem for nobody

(based on a conversation in China)

I lived in Lanzhou City, China in 97. Lanzhou is at the end of a closed valley cut by the Yellow River (Huang He) between the Gobi Desert and the Tibetan Plateau. It suffers from terrible pollution (mainly in winter when the air doesn't rise).
The city's solution was to dig out the mountain at the end of the valley allowing the wind to blow the pollution to the East.
A young lady on a bus one day told me this was a wonderful solution because once the pollution dissipated enough, it WOULD actually cease to exist: she was serious in her belief.

By the time I was living in Lanzhou the project was well underway and an army of worker ants had already removed about 20% from the top of the mountain (Lanzhou is at 1700 metres)

Shit hole place really huh?, saw a doco on the weekend about the pollution in China and its rivers etc, fucken' disgusting, out of the 10 most polluted cities in the world....China has 5!!!

[idleidolidyll]

Shit hole place really huh?, saw a doco on the weekend about the pollution in China and its rivers etc, fucken' disgusting, out of the 10 most polluted cities in the world....China has 5!!!

yeah, it's really polluted but i wouldn't call it a 'shit hole'; that has more connotations than just pollution

for instance i'd call the USA a shit hole of political terrorism

China has decided they'll clean up all the pollution in Beijing before the Olympic games. In the city your eyes nearly bleed from the acid burns and frankly, I just think they're deluded

[Finn]

I did an oil change on the bikes and SUV a month ago. I had about 10 litres of crude so down the drain it went. That NZ, is for having a Green Party.

FYI, Westhaven marina has an oil dumping station if you can be arsed.

[Pumba]

I suspect you and a couple of others aren't joking. :nono:

Why would people joke about such a serious subject.:killingme

[Duc]

I did an oil change on the bikes and SUV a month ago. I had about 10 litres of crude so down the drain it went. That NZ, is for having a Green Party.

FYI, Westhaven marina has an oil dumping station if you can be arsed.

You must be very proud of your self. I think you should move to China where they maybe more tolerant of your actions ...but the further you get away from NZ...the better.

Just wish there was a way to report you. Polluting fines are massive.

[Finn]

I think you should move to China where they maybe more tolerant of your actions ...but the further you get away from NZ...the better.

I think China is moving to NZ anyway so it won't matter.

The day that the Government and NZ become responsible and accountable for their actions, then so will I. Until then, it's glub, glug, glug.

You can almost hear the penguins screaming...

[Duc]

You have more than just "problems with authority"

Man ...you have got PROBLEMS

Unfortunately we share the same country but I hope we never , ever share the same piece of road.

[Ixion]

Well, but see, all the roads are connected. So, in fact, you ARE sharing the road with Mr Finn.

[Finn]

Man ...you have got PROBLEMS

Well owning a Duc, you'd know all about problems wouldn't you. Speaking of such, aren't you a little hypercritical? That piece of shit must leak about a litre of oil a week into the environment. Nasty stuff.

One more peep out of you and it's an oil change tonight.

[idleidolidyll]

Just a thought:

our roads are made of garvel and bitumen, bitumen is merely low grade oil.

logic therefore suggests we just tip all our used oil on the roads and save the untility companies time and money resealing..................

[idleidolidyll]

oops, my bad, most of the bitumen/gravel roads are cambered and the oil would just run off them

maybe we should tip our used oil on the gravel (unsealed) roads and turn them into real roads?

[scumdog]

oops, my bad, most of the bitumen/gravel roads are cambered and the oil would just run off them

maybe we should tip our used oil on the gravel (unsealed) roads and turn them into real roads?

They do that already on a lot of gravel roads down here.:yes:

I hand my used oil to a local garage - they use it in their oil-fired heating system in the winter.

[idleidolidyll]

They do that already on a lot of gravel roads down here.:yes:

I hand my used oil to a local garage - they use it in their oil-fired heating system in the winter.

they're bloody rednecks down there mate, i know, i AM one: Makarewa boy

and those bloody Invercargill Cops; probably the worst in the country!

[scumdog]

they're bloody rednecks down there mate, i know, i AM one: Makarewa boy

and those bloody Invercargill Cops; probably the worst in the country!


Rednecks? SOMEbody has to be the redneck so's the rest of you can feel superior!! (But we know ya ain't)

And we're proud of our 'worst' down here too!

[idleidolidyll]

Rednecks? SOMEbody has to be the redneck so's the rest of you can feel superior!! (But we know ya ain't)

Aint much superior 'bout tater farmers and holden drivers from southland dahlink

And we're proud of our 'worst' down here too!

but youse gotsta say that, you is one!

[scumdog]

Rednecks? SOMEbody has to be the redneck so's the rest of you can feel superior!! (But we know ya ain't)

Aint much superior 'bout tater farmers and holden drivers from southland dahlink

And we're proud of our 'worst' down here too!

but youse gotsta say that, you is one!


Huh, shows how much YOU know about what's superior, cain't get much better'n drahvin a pick-up truck past the pohtaiter fahms whahl supp'n a cold brew on a summer naht!!
Just 'cos ya got a long pointy-topped buildin' thing up your way and ya drink lahttayy sheeit don't make ya sooperior!

An I don't gotta say that abour 'worst' - I KNOWS it anyways.

[idleidolidyll]

Huh, shows how much YOU know about what's superior, cain't get much better'n drahvin a pick-up truck past the pohtaiter fahms whahl supp'n a cold brew on a summer naht!!
Just 'cos ya got a long pointy-topped buildin' thing up your way and ya drink lahttayy sheeit don't make ya sooperior!

An I don't gotta say that abour 'worst' - I KNOWS it anyways.

You can take the Mick outta Southland but ya can't take Southland outta the Mick mate

ahh, those were the days, netting entire rivers to rape em of whitebait, shootin anything that moved, skullin yard glasses of good ol DB, chasing Kaffalick girls an layin rubber on Dee St on a Friday night.................bugger! you've got me all weepy now

[scumdog]

You can take the Mick outta Southland but ya can't take Southland outta the Mick mate

ahh, those were the days, netting entire rivers to rape em of whitebait, shootin anything that moved, skullin yard glasses of good ol DB, chasing Kaffalick girls an layin rubber on Dee St on a Friday night.................bugger! you've got me all weepy now


Sound like ya must have left Southland only a few weeks ago.... they still do all that kind of shit down this way.

Only yesterday there was a picture in the Southland Times of a chopper shooter knocking over a red stag on the rin using an AK47 - I bet the Herald etc would be too PC to show that kind of stuff.

[idleidolidyll]

Sound like ya must have left Southland only a few weeks ago.... they still do all that kind of shit down this way.

Only yesterday there was a picture in the Southland Times of a chopper shooter knocking over a red stag on the rin using an AK47 - I bet the Herald etc would be too PC to show that kind of stuff.

you sound like an iimgrant to Southland mate; that's all just naturally Southland :yes:

[Deano]

They do that already on a lot of gravel roads down here.:yes:



Who are they ?

Report them to your Regional Council. It's illegal.

[Duc]

Well owning a Duc, you'd know all about problems wouldn't you. Speaking of such, aren't you a little hypercritical? That piece of shit must leak about a litre of oil a week into the environment. Nasty stuff.

One more peep out of you and it's an oil change tonight.

Some people take pollution seriously but you can find a lame justification to be an "environmental terrorist".

Are your parents retarded because you sure are a special guy?

(Must be a mate of Skidmarks and probably related because you both lower the intelligence quotient on this site significantly)

[Finn]

Some people take pollution seriously but you can find a lame justification to be an "environmental terrorist".

Are your parents retarded because you sure are a special guy?

(Must be a mate of Skidmarks and probably related because you both lower the intelligence quotient on this site significantly)

1) How can I take pollution seriously when I don't take NZ seriously?

2) No, they're both dead. One had a PhD, the other was a writer. You're right though, I'm very special.

3) I've met SkidMark 2 or 3 times and I don't think we are related. Tipping oil down the drain doesn't make me stupid, just a little lazy.

If you really cared for the environment, you would have kept your trap shut but like most do gooders, you couldn't help yourself. The consequence will be a couple of litres down the drain tonight. I'll take photos and post them for you.

[vixter]

finn youre a twat

[Finn]

finn youre a twat

Hey, has Dover put a PC in the kitchen?

[vixter]

Hey, has Dover put a PC in the kitchen?

women can multi task remember!!

[Finn]

women can multi task remember!!

Bacon & eggs is not multi tasking.

[vixter]

Bacon & eggs is not multi tasking.

eggs are fertilised so leaves me with free hands!!

[The_Dover]

i hope you've done the fuckin hoovering.

[vixter]

i hope you've done the fuckin hoovering.

getting round to it dear.

what do i get in return!

[The_Dover]

the satisfaction of knowing that your womens duties are partially complete.

[vixter]

partially

so what else is in mind

[The_Dover]

is the washing done?

[Finn]

Both of you... GET BACK TO WORK!

[vixter]

is the washing done?

everything in place
smokes, slippers newspaper

what would you like for tea dear!

[vixter]

Both of you... GET BACK TO WORK!

so u gonna pay me too?

[Finn]

so u gonna pay me too?

Yes, indirectly.

[vixter]

Yes, indirectly.

i prefer the direct method

[Duc]

1)
If you really cared for the environment, you would have kept your trap shut but like most do gooders, you couldn't help yourself. The consequence will be a couple of litres down the drain tonight. I'll take photos and post them for you.

Make the photos nice and clear, get a revealing shot of yourself as you do it and dont forget to include your phone number & postal address so we can order some prints.

[Finn]

Make the photos nice and clear, get a revealing shot of yourself as you do it and dont forget to include your phone number & postal address so we can order some prints.

I'll do a nice photo just like this one. Isn't he so cute?

[ManDownUnder]

what would you like for tea dear!

A guest??.................

[MikeyG]

Most landfills or transfer stations have a drum for used oil. It's usually in the recycling centre and free to dispose of oil there.

[Duc]

Thanx to all who have offered good info on disposal of waste.

The irony is that even the sociopathic Finn provided good advice (ie Westhaven Marina) amongst all his B.S

[scumdog]

Who are they ?

Report them to your Regional Council. It's illegal.

It's the District Council that does it!!!

[Finn]

The irony is that even the sociopathic Finn provided good advice (ie Westhaven Marina) amongst all his B.S

Yeah, so when the tanks are nice and full, I drill a hole in the bottom and it drains out into the harbour. It's really difficult cleaning up an oil slick with all those boats in the way.

[Deano]

It's the District Council that does it!!!

Do they have resource consent from the Regional Council to apply a contaminant to land ? I would hate to think so.

If so, it flies in the face of the RMA. You southern folk need to get with the times :dodge:

[scumdog]

Make the photos nice and clear, get a revealing shot of yourself as you do it and dont forget to include your phone number & postal address so we can order some prints.

Don't feed the trolls!

(They're stupid enough without getting encouragement)

[scumdog]

Do they have resource consent from the Regional Council to apply a contaminant to land ? I would hate to think so.

If so, it flies in the face of the RMA. You southern folk need to get with the times :dodge:

When you only have about 3 people per square mile and the largest amount of gravel roads for a district of this size you can get away with it.

[Deano]

When you only have about 3 people per square mile and the largest amount of gravel roads for a district of this size you can get away with it.

So in fact, dust suppression isn't really an issue ? Why do they do it ?

[Finn]

When you only have about 3 people per square mile... you can get away with it.

Bit like all the inbreeding that goes on down there, but like land contaminant, after a while, things get real ugly.

[Ixion]

Used to be a universal practice. It suppresses dust and reduces rutting and potholing. It's a good idea.Contaminant, shamanent. Don't import townie notions into the country.

[Deano]

Looking after the environment ain't a townie notion.

[Ixion]

Tell that to the guys on the West Coast :rofl:

[scumdog]

Bit like all the inbreeding that goes on down there, but like land contaminant, after a while, things get real ugly.


Yep, takes a power of inbreeding (and using specially selected Auckland 'tards with watery spunk and bad eggs that were forced upon us) to make ugly people.

Unlike up there where contaminants, stress, beauty challenged imports and those that failed the "Good Enough for Export to South Island" test cause ugliness in abundance.