Recycling Waste Motor Oil

Step 1: Determine what type of oil you have. Know where the oil was removed from or read the label on the container (if any). Separate waste motor oils from other waste oils. BE SAFE! Never use your sense of smell or taste to determine oil type. Avoid handling waste oil without gloves or eye protection.

Step 2: Prepare oil for proper disposal. Mark container "Waste Motor Oil (or the appropriate name for the material identified). Ensure the container has integrity (sealed with no leaks.) NO glass containers or plastic bags

Step 3: Bring waste motor oil to the oil collection point on the Holly Hill Resource Recovery Facility (Transfer Station), adjacent to the scale house from 7:00am to 3:00pm weekdays, 7:00am to 12:00pm on Saturday.

Oil Collection Point Rules:

• Must be a Greenwich resident - no commercial entities.
• Vehicle must have a dumping permit.
• No more than 5 gallons per vehicle per day.
• Waste motor or transmission oil ONLY:
• NO Hazardous Wastes, PCB's, Antifreeze, Gasoline, Diesel, Paints, Cooking Oil
• Place container ON TOP OF the yellow pallet
• DO NOT empty your own container into the collection point's storage tank
• Reusable container owners who wish to retrieve their container should be prepared to wait 15 minutes

Disposal Options for Other Waste Oils

Deliver other waste oils to Household Hazardous Waste Collection Day.

Waste Motor Oil is a state mandated recyclable material (22a-220). Under no circumstances should it be disposed of with your trash. For more information, call the Town of Greenwich Waste Disposal Division, DPW at (203-869-6910)