In College Station, an estimated 200,000 gallons of used oil are dumped improperly down the sewers, in empty lots, in holes in the ground, on weeds, and in landfills. All by people who change their own oil. Used oil and oil filters are banned from the landfill and dumping is illegal.
Recycling is the only legal method of disposal.
A single quart of oil will foul the taste of 250,000 gallons of water. And as little as one pint of used oil can create an acre-sized slick on surface water. Oil kills the floating organisms in fresh water that feed fish. And it kills aquatic life. We cannot afford to have our drinking water contaminated.