Used oil filters

[signcrafter]

What is your process for used oil filters? I get a handful of them every month and want to find a decent solution for draining them so I can dispose of them. Just wondering if anyone has come up with any good ideas for doing this? Right now I'm thinking a dish drying rack over a bucket of some sort but thinking there might be a better way I haven't seen or thought of yet.

 

[2ndGearRubber]

Get 5 gallon bucket with lid. Drill a bunch of holes with a unibit in the lid. Sit filters on top to drain overnight, eventually empty bucket. That's the setup I made for the shop, except we use a 30-ish gallon drum. Same principle.

 

[WWShop]

I just let mine drain in the oil pan, put them in a plastic container and bring them to get recycled.

 

[kkenney]

Try this

 

[Fedwrench]

A simple set up would be a grate over a five gallon bucket. The important thing is to poke a hole in the top of the filter to allow as much oil as possible to drain out. At work we let punctured filters drain for at least 24 hours prior to crushing them.

 

[matt_m]

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[Gummi Bear]

I empty my catch pan into a 5 gallon bucket. I toss the filter in the bucket too.

When I take it in for recycle, the guys at OReilly just let it sit on the screen for a bit, and they toss it into another recycle drum.





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[Lucid Moments]

Try this

I like it. Need to build one after I get my shop built.

 

[Tonyuk]

At work, stick them in the bin for them.

At home, wrap them in a plastic bag and take them to the local dump along with the oil.

 

[billspit]

I poke a hole in the top and side and let them drain into my waste oil pail for a day. Then put into a coffee can until the next trip to the convenience center where they take them and the oil.

 

[bwringer]

There's some local variation in whether you can recycle metal can oil filters. Some places want you to drain them then toss 'em in the trash. Some tell you to bring the whole thing along with your old oil.

Google "recycle oil filter near me" and see what you get.

 

[glentre]

Since I have a lift where I do my oil changes, I use my rolling adjustable height oil catch stand and leave the filter upside down to drain in the funnel of the stand. It stays there until my next oil change and by that time it is fully drained and ready for the metal recycling station.

Glen

 

[NUTTSGT]

I have a #10 can with a piece of expanded metal in it as a rack. I let the filter drain into it and drill a small hole in the filter. Once it drains out, it gets tossed on the dead limb pile and burned. After that, it goes into the scrap bucket.

I keep the drain can and drill bit on used oil barrel.

 

[Bretny]

I throw them in my shop wood stove...then throw the ashes in the garbage.

 

[Randy in Maine]

A simple set up would be a grate over a five gallon bucket. The important thing is to poke a hole in the top of the filter to allow as much oil as possible to drain out. At work we let punctured filters drain for at least 24 hours prior to crushing them.

That is how I do it also. I use an old sink dish strainer because I had one.

 

[77thor]

Our local city DPW lot takes them for recycling...

 

[C_F]

I have a #10 can with a piece of expanded metal in it as a rack. I let the filter drain into it and drill a small hole in the filter. Once it drains out, it gets tossed on the dead limb pile and burned. After that, it goes into the scrap bucket.

I keep the drain can and drill bit on used oil barrel.

I assume the filter canisters end up as hollow metal cans?

 

[kbs2244]

I have one of those long, skinny, transmission fill funnels that hands on a nail and is aimed at the hole in the 5 gal pail.
Filter fits into it fine and drains out overnight.
I have never needed to drill an air inlet hole.

 

[NUTTSGT]

I assume the filter canisters end up as hollow metal cans?

Yep, pretty much. The Explorer and F250 use a FL820S and that's the end result. Not much there to scrap but I figure it's better to get paid to rid of it than to pay to get rid of it.

 

[Loose Ctrl]

I throw them in my shop wood stove...then throw the ashes in the garbage.

My technique is similar but I use a burn barrel for household stuff that doesn't need to be recycled like bills and other combustibles. No plastic stuff. I toss my filters in there. Once every couple years I dig out the ashes and take them to the landfill or use them to fill holes on my property. We live near a rock quarry that blasts a lot. We get swags in the ground that are rough on a riding mower.

 

[gearhead1]

County solid waste centers around here take them, so I just drain them then store them in a 5 gallon bucket until I have enough to take in. I don’t have to waste any of my time with them.

Some repair shops have a machine who’s sole purpose is crushing filters.

 

[sberry]

I belive if they are drained 24 hours they are legal for landfills.

 

[NUTTSGT]

County solid waste centers around here take them, so I just drain them then store them in a 5 gallon bucket until I have enough to take in. I don’t have to waste any of my time with them.

Some repair shops have a machine who’s sole purpose is crushing filters.

That last one is an interesting process.

 

[Mr_fixit]

I crush them and then scrap them.

 

[DGersic]

Drain into the oil pan, then in to a plastic bag. Take them to Walmart for recycling.


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