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Recycling used oil

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  • 08-03-2023 1:32pm
    #1
    cena
    Registered Users Posts: 9,972 ✭✭✭


    Where can I recycle about 10 litres of used oil. My local recycle centre in athlone only takes 1 litre at a time



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    zg3409
    Registered Users Posts: 6,597 ✭✭✭zg3409


    Try your local garage.



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    Dr_Colossus
    Registered Users Posts: 3,122 ✭✭✭Dr_Colossus


    That's nuts, how do they police it? Who would just have 1 litre, any oil change would have a min of 3 litres and likely more. My recycling centre in Coolmine, D15 has no limit which is only right. I brought about 20 litres there last summer along with a boot load of other stuff for €8. They had a big square drum for engine oil so they just asked that I pour my 5 litre containers into that and leave the empties in a separate skip. Small yard but has most of what you'd need with separate areas for paint, oil, electrics, plasterboard, timber, steel etc.

    Guess you'll have to try a garage but can't see them being very accommodating.



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    Clareman
    Moderators, Sports Moderators, Regional Midwest Moderators Posts: 23,924 Mod ✭✭✭✭Clareman


    My local recycling place takes as much as you want, I think technically they say 1l but that's to stop commercial recycling of it.



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    Breezy_
    Registered Users Posts: 3,557 ✭✭✭Breezy_


    What happens to it when it leaves the recycling centre



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    mikeecho
    Registered Users Posts: 5,076 ✭✭✭mikeecho


    Flush it down the toilet.



    No seriously, bring it to local recycling center, if they are sticklers for 1L, just put it in 500ml coke bottles, and walk in 10 times.



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    Breezy_
    Registered Users Posts: 3,557 ✭✭✭Breezy_


    Im guessing its put on a boat and accidentally falls off when out at sea...may aswell just go to local play area at night and pour it on the slide.



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    newmember2
    Registered Users Posts: 2,594 ✭✭✭newmember2


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120332179#Comment_120332179

    Indeed...they're obliged to take it.



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    PsychoPete
    Registered Users Posts: 8,643 ✭✭✭PsychoPete


    I bring 20 litres at a time to the recycling centre every 2 months but most of it goes to a fella with a waste oil burner



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    cena
    Registered Users Posts: 9,972 ✭✭✭cena


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120332104#Comment_120332104

    They do be watching. They do have a big tank to recycle the oil, so I don't get why it is only 1 litre at a time



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    mikewest
    Registered Users Posts: 758 ✭✭✭mikewest


    Drive up to Roscommon and drop it there. €4.50 a ticket (I think) and as much oil as you carry in the.boot you can recycle.



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    Ginger83
    Registered Users Posts: 3,460 ✭✭✭Ginger83


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120332285#Comment_120332285

    I used to collect used oil from restaurants and takeaways. It was sent to the UK for bio diesel



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    cena
    Registered Users Posts: 9,972 ✭✭✭cena


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120332793#Comment_120332793

    You have to buy a booklet of tickets.



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