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Burbank Recycle Center Oil Collection

The Burbank Recycle Center no longer accepts used motor oil or motor oil filters as of December 31st, 2025.

Thank you for your understanding and cooperation. Please visit one of the Used Oil Certified Collection Centers in the area.

An iridescent oil spill covers a macro image of sand. Text is emblazoned across the image, "Oil Pollutes! Fix Leaks. Clean Spills. Recycle Used Motor Oil." A small infographic of an oil jug equated to a drop of water reads, "1 gallon of oil = Million gallons polluted water" in the lower right corner of the image. The lower left states, "Funded by CalRecycle" and, "Recycle Used Oil".

Read how recycling used motor prevents pollution with the Burbank Recycle Center’s “Oil Change"

It is illegal to pour motor oil down drains or into the trash and it must be recycled. There are motor oil recycling options at these Used Oil Certified Collection Centers.

Benefits of Recycling Used Motor Oil

It takes 42 gallons of crude oil, but only one gallon of used oil, to produce 2 ½ quarts of new lubricating oil. Used motor oil can be re-refined into new lubricants, burned as fuel, or re-refined and made into a high-quality motor oil.

Protect Our Waterways

Oil poured into the trash, down household drains, into storm drains, or directly onto the ground pollutes groundwater, streams, rivers, and lakes. Recycling oil not only protects the environment, it preserves non-renewable Petroleum resources.

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