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Oil Filters

Oil filters include any type of filter unit intended to remove contaminants in a petroleum-based oil lubrication system.

Household Hazardous Waste

This item should never be put in a curbside bin. For more information visit our household hazardous waste page.

Put your filter in a plastic bag or sealed container. If your curbside program does not have a pick-up program, California Certified Used Oil Collection Centers will also take used oil filters from the public. Call first. Used Motor Oil Certified Collection Center Drop-off Location Finder

Oil filters are considered hazardous waste and are banned from landfills, however, they are also completely recyclable. Each filter has about a pound of re-usable steel. Each oil filter has on average, more than 10 fluid ounces of used motor oil, even after draining! All of this trapped motor oil adds up to more than two million gallons of used oil going into the environment, the water system or into landfills in California each year from filters that aren’t properly recycled. Oil recovered from the recycled filters is made back into motor oil.

Vendors

Vendor Address City Destination Disposal Method Notes
O'Reilly Auto Parts (Hayward-Tennyson Rd) 1194 W. Tennyson Rd. Hayward Recycle Free Drop-off
Jiffy Lube (153 W. Jackson St.) 153 W. Jackson St. Hayward Recycle Free Drop-off
All Day Towing 2454 Whipple Road Hayward Recycle Free Drop-off
Oil Changers (Hayward-Winton) 994 W. Winton Ave. Hayward Recycle Free Drop-off
O'Reilly Auto Parts (Hayward-Hesperian Blvd) 24247 Hesperian Blvd. Hayward Recycle Free Drop-off
O'Reilly Auto Parts (Hayward-Jackson St) 800 Jackson St. Hayward Recycle Free Drop-off
Midas/Speedee Hayward 1078 La Playa Drive Hayward Recycle Free Drop-off
Fremont Foreign Auto Repair Sho 38623 Fremont Blvd.
Ste 110
Fremont Recycle Free Drop-off Used oil fitlers. Call first.
Firestone Complete Auto Care Store (Fremont) 40861 Fremont Blvd. Fremont Recycle Free Drop-off
Alameda County Household Hazardous Waste Program (Fremont Facility) 41149 Boyce Rd.
(At the Fremont Transfer Station - follow the trucks)
Fremont Recycle Free Drop-off  
O'Reilly Auto Parts (35680 Fremont Blvd) 35680 Fremont Blvd. Fremont Recycle Free Drop-off
Alameda County Business Hazardous Waste Program (Fremont Facility) 41149 Boyce Rd. Fremont Recycle Drop-off for a Fee
Oil Changers (Fremont) 4088 Thornton Ave. Fremont Recycle Free Drop-off
O'Reilly Auto Parts (39418 Fremont Blvd) 39418 Fremont Blvd. Fremont Recycle Free Drop-off
AutoZone (41094 Fremont Blvd.) 41094 Fremont Blvd. Fremont Recycle Free Drop-off Certified Used Oil & Filter Collection Center.
AutoZone (807 27th Street) 807 27th Street Emeryville Recycle Free Drop-off Certified Used Oil & Filter Collection Center.
Pennzoil Speed Oil Change Center 10175 San Pablo Ave. El Cerrito Recycle Free Drop-off
El Cerrito Recycling + Environmental Resource Center 7501 Schmidt Ln. El Cerrito Recycle Free Drop-off Metal only, no paper filters
Speed Oil Change Center (San Pablo Ave) 10175 San Pablo Ave. El Cerrito Recycle Free Drop-off
O'Reilly Auto Parts (9989 San Pablo Ave.) 9989 San Pablo Ave. El Cerrito Recycle Free Drop-off

Curbside Service

Special Action Note
Alameda
Place used oil filter in a sealed zipper-locked bag next to the recycling cart. Free filter bags may be requested from ACI.
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Albany
Set out up to 3 used motor oil jugs (call WM for jugs) and 3 used filters in a sealed plastic bag next to your recycling cart.
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Berkeley
Castro Valley Sanitary District
Oil filters must be placed in a zipper-lock style bag on the curb next to your Blue Recycling Cart for collection. Do not place bags on top of the cart. Contact ACI at 510-483-1400 to request a Used Oil Recycling Kit. Up to three (3) 1-gallon filter bags per week.
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Dublin
Each residential household may call and request up to two (2) used motor oil containers and a heavy duty zip lock bag for the recycling of up to two (2) used motor oil filters. On your regular collection day just place the container(s) at the curb and AVI will replace them with empties for your next use. Make sure the jug and/or bag is sealed properly and clearly visible from the street.
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Emeryville
Residential cart customers: place in sealed zip bag next to cart. Do not place inside cart.
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Fremont
Single Family Service - Next to carts. Place in sealable plastic bag. Hauler can provide.
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Hayward
Call TriCED to request free used motor oil jugs and filter bags. Up to 2 jugs and 1 bag.
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Hayward (Oro Loma - L2)
Single Family Service - Next to carts. Place in sealable plastic bag.
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Livermore
Single Family Service - Place bag on the curb next to your Recycling cart on collection day. Call hauler for sealable bag.
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Newark
Next to carts. Place in sealable plastic bag. Hauler can provide.
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Oakland
Order free motor oil filter bag and jug from CWS. Place next to carts for pick up.
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Piedmont
Pleasanton
Next to carts. Place in sealable plastic bag. Hauler can provide.
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San Leandro
Place used oil filter in a sealed zipper-locked bag next to the recycling cart. Free filter bags may be requested from ACI.
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San Leandro (Oro Loma - L3)
Single Family Service - Next to carts. Place in sealable plastic bag.
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San Lorenzo (Oro Loma)
Single Family Service - Next to carts. Place in sealable plastic bag.
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Unincorporated Oro Loma (L1)
Single Family Service - Next to carts. Place in sealable plastic bag.
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Union City
Single Family & Parcelized Multifamily Dwellings: Next to carts. Place in sealable plastic bag.
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