Dear Tom & Ray: I notice that car businesses that lube and change oil for cars are now charging for recycling oil filters. Is this a scam, since I never see “recycled” oil filters for sale?

Recycling all oil filters generated in 1994 would result in the recovery of an estimated 161,500 tons of steel and 17.8 millon gallons of used oil, says AlliedSignal. "Oil filter recycling is kind of ...

But by now you are aware that used oil filters are a recyclable waste made up of valuable resources. But, armed with this information, what are you doing about it?

So the next time you tear the oil filter off you 1975 Mercury Cougar and throw it in the woods, think about recycling it instead. Bring the filter to the shop with your used motor oil and ask them ...

TUSTIN Anyone who brings a used oil filter for recycling can get a new oil filter for free (limit two per person) at Kragen Auto Parts, 502 E 1st St., from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday. The oil ...

Last year, 420 million oil filters from passenger cars and trucks were replaced in the United States, according to the Filter Manufacturers Council of the Motor & Equipment Manufacturers Association, ...

I recently moved to Illinois after 28 years of naval service. Being an automobile enthusiast, I naturally perform routine maintenance on my vehicles. The most routine (and most important) maintenan… ...

Do-it-yourselfers who want to get rid of used oil filters no longer may toss them in the trash. For years, law has required that used oil be recycled. But a new state law that went into effect ...

Most states follow federal requirements for used oil filter disposal. The EPA requires that used oil filters be drained of all free-flowing oil before they are discarded or recycled.

Q: I notice that car businesses that lube and change oil for passenger cars are now charging for recycling oil filters. Is this a scam, since I never see "recycled" oil filters for sale?