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Used Motor Oil Facts

Extract from US Environmental Protection Website

http://www.epa.gov/epaoswer/hazwaste/usedoil/index.htm

If you are one of the many people who change their own motor oil, you too need to know how to properly dispose of the used oil. Did you know that the used oil from one oil change can contaminate 1 million gallons of fresh water - a years' supply for 50 people!

Used motor oil is insoluble, persistent and can contain toxic chemicals and heavy metals. It’s slow to degrade.

It sticks to everything from beach sand to bird feathers.

It's a major source of oil contamination of waterways and can result in pollution of drinking water sources. Recycled used motor oil can be re-refined into new oil, processed into fuel oils and used as raw materials for the petroleum industry.

One gallon of used motor oil provides the same 2.5 quarts of lubricating oil as 42 gallons of crude oil.