Examples of hazardous waste include toilet bowl cleaner, oven cleaner, garden chemicals, fertilizers, and ammonia. Latex paint can be dried and thrown out with regular garbage. All other items can be taken to any Household Waste Mobile Collection Event. Tennessee residents who change the oil in their automobiles themselves generate more than a million gallons of used motor oil each year. It takes just one gallon of waste oil to contaminate one million gallons of drinking water.
Improper disposal can also interfere with sewer systems.
It is an illegal practice unless a valid permit is obtained. Put your used oil in a clean plastic container with a tight lid. DO NOT mix the oil with any other chemicals because then it can't be recycled. Take the oil to a service station or a recycling center. Send comments to Department of Environment and Conservation.