OK to flush used oil down the toilet?

Mark W wrote:
> "Jhat315" > wrote in message
> ...
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>>If I change the oil on my car, is it ok to flush the used oil down the
>>toilet?
>
>
> Hmmm. Depends. Synthetic or mineral?
>
>
your kidding right?

Mark W wrote:

> "Jhat315" > wrote in message
> ...
>
>>If I change the oil on my car, is it ok to flush the used oil down the
>>toilet?
>
>
> Hmmm. Depends. Synthetic or mineral?
>
>
while your at it. bake a meatloaf with your old oil filter.

Actually, it sounds doable. The sewage treatment plant removes everything from
the water before discharging it, and the sludge is removed and properly
disposed of. From what I've heard it is all chemically treated at the sewage
plant.

> Actually, it sounds doable. The sewage treatment plant removes everything from
> the water before discharging it, and the sludge is removed and properly
> disposed of. From what I've heard it is all chemically treated at the sewage
> plant.

Do you, or pehaps you know of someone that dumps oil into the sewage system?

"ed" > wrote in message
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> Mark W wrote:
>> "Jhat315" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>
>>>If I change the oil on my car, is it ok to flush the used oil down the
>>>toilet?
>>
>>
>> Hmmm. Depends. Synthetic or mineral?
> your kidding right?


YES!!

it's ok to drink & it's very good for ya.

m

In article >, na >
wrote:

> it's ok to drink & it's very good for ya.
>
> m

I think you misspelled "& it'll increase the average IQ of the planet by
several points"...

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LawsuitJoe wrote:

> Actually, it sounds doable. The sewage treatment plant removes everything from
> the water before discharging it, and the sludge is removed and properly
> disposed of. From what I've heard it is all chemically treated at the sewage
> plant.

Uh... NO.

Standard municipal sewage treatment processes do NOT deal with used
engine oil. If it isn't used in cooking, laundry, dishwashing, bathing,
or doesn't come out of your backside, then it doesn't belong in the
sewage treatment process.

Good reply from William. To add to his post: oil cosnumers pay an
additional fee for recycling. It's required that the retailer post the
address of the dumping facility. There's millions of gallons
unaccounted for but it doesn't mean that this oil ended up down the
drain. I'm of the opinion that using synthetic that does its job for
longer oil change intervals that companies like Esso and Amsoil offer,
gives the consumer no excuse for dumping used oil down the drain.

"Steve" > wrote in message
...
> LawsuitJoe wrote:
>
>> Actually, it sounds doable. The sewage treatment plant removes everything
>> from
>> the water before discharging it, and the sludge is removed and properly
>> disposed of. From what I've heard it is all chemically treated at the
>> sewage
>> plant.
>
> Uh... NO.
>
> Standard municipal sewage treatment processes do NOT deal with used engine
> oil. If it isn't used in cooking, laundry, dishwashing, bathing, or
> doesn't come out of your backside, then it doesn't belong in the sewage
> treatment process.
>

Uh, not quite. Some places do indeed allow things like engine coolant to be
dumped down the sewer. Engine oil, no but coolant, yes.