Someone left a mess at CGX !

Roger wrote in
:

Snipola
A news report some years back stated that every year Americans throw
more oil out into the woods and/or roads than was lost in the Exxon
Valdez (sp?) incident.

I'm not surprised. It's so damned hard to "properly" dispose
of used oil if you do your own changing. I'm speaking of the
common person that liks to change the oil in their car instead
of paying some drop out 50 bucks to not put the drain plug back
in properly.

I live in an LA suburb and I've always had trouble finding a
place to dispose of my used oil. Places either charge, or you
have to use a special certified container to bring it in. Oh,
and of course they just happen to sell these special certified
containers for a "nominal" fee, of course.

I bet 99% of people who change their own oil end up putting the
used stuff in the same bottles they just poured the new stuff
out of. Why can't you turn it in like that? I'm not kidding!
I've been turned away before. "Not approved."

So, I end up with gallons of used oil sitting in my garage until
the city has one of those free "bring anything" trash collection
sites set up for a couple days every few years.

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"Skywise" wrote

I live in an LA suburb and I've always had trouble finding a
place to dispose of my used oil. Places either charge, or you
have to use a special certified container to bring it in.

You kalifornians need to get real with all of your green laws that are
counter productive.

Here, you can bring oil in to about any auto parts store, in anything you
want to bring it in. How can that be bad?
--
Jim in NC

Here, you can bring oil in to about any auto parts store, in anything you
want to bring it in. How can that be bad?

Heck, my A&P mechanic has a big barrel that he collects everyone's used oil
in. It's handy, and easy.

And someone *buys* it from him.

IMO, THAT is true "ecology" -- not the government-mandated nonsense that
only encourages everyone to dump their used oil in the storm sewer.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

On Fri, 09 Dec 2005 14:14:47 GMT, "Jay Honeck"
wrote:

Here, you can bring oil in to about any auto parts store, in anything you
want to bring it in. How can that be bad?

Heck, my A&P mechanic has a big barrel that he collects everyone's used oil
in. It's handy, and easy.

Ours has one of those as well

And someone *buys* it from him.


Sell it? He mixes it with fuel oil and it goes into his furnace.
There's a lot of BTUs in that oil!

Roger Halstead (K8RI & ARRL life member)
(N833R, S# CD-2 Worlds oldest Debonair)
www.rogerhalstead.com

IMO, THAT is true "ecology" -- not the government-mandated nonsense that
only encourages everyone to dump their used oil in the storm sewer.

There are also a lot of heavy metals and other nasty stuff
in used engine oil, it isn't good for your home heating or
cooking.


--
James H. Macklin
ATP,CFI,A&P

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"Roger" wrote in message
...
| On Fri, 09 Dec 2005 14:14:47 GMT, "Jay Honeck"
| wrote:
|
| Here, you can bring oil in to about any auto parts
store, in anything you
| want to bring it in. How can that be bad?
|
| Heck, my A&P mechanic has a big barrel that he collects
everyone's used oil
| in. It's handy, and easy.
|
| Ours has one of those as well
|
| And someone *buys* it from him.
|
|
| Sell it? He mixes it with fuel oil and it goes into his
furnace.
| There's a lot of BTUs in that oil!
|
| Roger Halstead (K8RI & ARRL life member)
| (N833R, S# CD-2 Worlds oldest Debonair)
| www.rogerhalstead.com
|
| IMO, THAT is true "ecology" -- not the
government-mandated nonsense that
| only encourages everyone to dump their used oil in the
storm sewer.

Jim Macklin wrote:
There are also a lot of heavy metals and other nasty stuff
in used engine oil, it isn't good for your home heating or
cooking.


Most specifically for aircraft engines, the stuff is full of
lead. Most of the oil recyclers hear won't touch used oil
that comes from people burning leaded fuels.

Jim Macklin wrote:

There are also a lot of heavy metals and other nasty stuff
in used engine oil, it isn't good for your home heating or
cooking.

Used oil works great to heat your garage or workshop. If your heater is
properly maintained there's no smoke or residue.

On Sat, 10 Dec 2005 03:49:35 -0600, "Jim Macklin"
wrote:

There are also a lot of heavy metals and other nasty stuff
in used engine oil, it isn't good for your home heating or
cooking.

He heats the big hangar and blows the fumes outside.

Roger Halstead (K8RI & ARRL life member)
(N833R, S# CD-2 Worlds oldest Debonair)
www.rogerhalstead.com


--
James H. Macklin
ATP,CFI,A&P

"Morgans" wrote in :


"Skywise" wrote

I live in an LA suburb and I've always had trouble finding a
place to dispose of my used oil. Places either charge, or you
have to use a special certified container to bring it in.

You kalifornians need to get real with all of your green laws that are
counter productive.

Here, you can bring oil in to about any auto parts store, in anything you
want to bring it in. How can that be bad?

Admitedly it's been a few years since I've tried bringing my
oil into the autoparts store in my old quart bottles. Things
may have changed since.

Brian
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