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I wonder if the plastic containers that motor oil is sold in can be disposed of with the regular recyclables. I know that used motor oil is very toxic, and that containers that have stored used motor oil should not be put in with the recyclables, and probably not even with the regular trash for that matter. But is unused motor oil toxic too? Is it much worse than vegetable oil or mineral oil? I've been doing a websearch on this, and some of the pages say not to put them in with recyclables, and that for example, one quart of motor oil can contaminate 250,000 gallons of drinking water. But is that really for unused motor oil?

I will throw it in the regular trash, but I am still curious about it.

Charlotte County, somewhere, sounds like it has a good recycling program. This part especially sounds like a good idea:
Another program, a reuse shop, begins in November and promises to save the county even more. The county will store items dropped off by residents, including containers of Windex, antifreeze, unused motor oil and half-used cans of paint. The products will be given free to anyone who wants them.

I've got old paint and various chemicals sitting in my garage which were left by the previous owners, and which I don't know what to do with.