Recycle Centers to Take Used Motor Oil

Ventura County residents who do their own oil changes and other auto repairs can recycle their used motor oil by taking it to one of at least 16 locations around the county.

The county’s Solid Waste Management Department has contracted with private auto-repair centers countywide to collect used motor oil from do-it-yourselfers.

Every gallon of oil that is thrown into a sewer, down a storm drain or on the ground has the potential to seep into ground water supplies and contaminate up to 1 million gallons of drinking water, county officials say. In addition, the storm drains can carry the oil into the ocean. Because of the pollution danger, state law forbids the dumping of used motor oil.

Under the new oil-collection program, the state pays private auto-repair centers 16 cents for every gallon of used oil that they collect.

The auto-repair centers that have contracted with the county to collect used oil are: Jiffy Lube at 274 Arneill Road and Parnelli Jones at 2787 Daily Drive, both in Camarillo; Parnelli Jones at 355 Ventura St., Fillmore; Easy Oil at 77 Park Lane, Unit F, Moorpark; Adamson Auto Repair at 214 S. Bryant St., Gabriels Independent Auto Repair at 65 W. Baldwin Road and Ojai Valley Imports at 996 E. Ojai Ave., all in Ojai; Parnelli Jones at 955 S. A St., Poole Oil at 3885 Vineyard Ave. and Ventura Oil/Union 76 at 3815 Vineyard Ave., all in Oxnard; Parnelli Jones at 108 E. Harvard Blvd. and Tune-Ups Plus at 801 E. Main St., both in Santa Paula; Pep Boys at 2099 E. Thousand Oaks Blvd. and Jiffy Lube at 2905 E. Thousand Oaks Blvd., both in Thousand Oaks, and Jiffy Lube at 1098 E. Thompson Blvd. and Parnelli Jones at 918 E. Thompson Blvd., both in Ventura.