The ban covers businesses, commercial and industrial operations, farmers, homeowners, and individuals. Specifically, the ban covers oil filters from motor vehicles including cars, trucks, buses, motorcycles, snowmobiles, forklifts, tractors, ATVs, and UTVs. The ban also covers all types of materials used to absorb or contain waste oil including granular kitty litter-type absorbents, oil-dry cloths, rags, wipes, paper toweling and absorbent pillows, pads, and socks.
Key definitions:
“Automotive engine oil” means any oil to be used in the engine or crankcase of a motor vehicle.
“Oil absorbent materials” means materials that are used to absorb waste oil (does not apply to the disposal of less than 1 gallon of oil absorbent materials that contain waste oil resulting from a nonroutine spill).
“Oil filter” means a filter for automotive engine oil.
“Waste oil” means any petroleum−derived or synthetic oil that has been used or spilled.
WDNR believes that recycling options for oil filters and oil absorbent materials are available throughout Wisconsin. Many businesses that perform oil changes will accept used oil filters. Some communities allow used oil and oil filters to be collected at their waste transfer stations. Oil absorbent materials can be recycled, taken to an approved biopile at a landfill or used as a fuel supplement in an approved municipal solid waste combustor.
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