Why Recycling Your Oil Helps The Environment And Saves Energy
 - Used oil from a single oil change can ruin a million gallons of fresh water -- a year's supply for 50 people. Used 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. Used oil is a major source of oil pollution in our nation's waterways.
- "Do-it-yourselfers" -- consumers who change their own oil -- generate at least 200 million gallons of used oil every year.
Americans who change their own oil throw away 120 million gallons of recoverable motor oil by dumping it illegally.
- Recycling this oil would save the United States 1.3 million barrels of oil per day. One gallon of used oil provides the same 2.5 quarts of lubricating oil as 42 gallons of crude oil.
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What Can You Do?
RECYCLE!
Today, almost 60 percent of the nation's automotive oil is changed by consumers themselves.
Recycle used oil from cars, trucks, boats, motorcycles, recreational vehicles, and lawnmowers.
It's easy to recycle used oil...
- Put your used oil in a clean plastic container with a tight lid.
- Don't mix it with anything else (paint, gasoline, solvents, antifreeze, etc.).
- Take it to a service station or other location that collects used oil for recycling.
- Set it beside your curbside recycling bin in the city of Wilson and call 399-2485 to have it picked up.
- Bring it to the Wilson County Landfill collection tank.
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The more waste we generate, the more we have to treat, store, and dispose of. So recycling makes more sense today than ever.
Improper waste management costs money -- your money! You pay in higher consumer prices, taxes for environmental cleanups, and increased health care costs, when wastes are improperly managed. Recycling saves money and protects the environment. So help be part of the solution, not part of the problem. Recycle used oil and other household materials, such as newspaper, glass, metals, and plastic.
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