Mark from MA
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I buy most of my oil at WM or Amazon. But all of the waste, gets dropped at WM. No reciepts, just the 5 gal bottles brought and dropped off. Never an issue.It’s law in MA, but you have to actually buy the oil there.
I have left quarts of drain oil, neatly packaged with a taped receipt, outside of an Autozone that hadn’t opened yet. And if a vendor in MA refuses to take waste oil I am leaving it on their doorstep on the way out whether the Karens on NES like it or not.
Massachusetts regulates used motor oil as a hazardous waste, but exempts DIY from the regulations. Massachusetts's law requires retailers licensed to sell motor oil to accept used motor oil from their customers (Mass. Gen. L. Ch. 21 § 53a attachment 1). Once the used oil is transferred from a DIY to the retailer, it falls under the hazardous waste regulations.
The state offers a grant program to municipalities interested in setting up used oil drop off centers. Approximately 151 of 351 municipalities have set up drop centers. According to the Massachusetts DEP the municipal drop center is the most successful way to recover used motor oil.
Garages may also voluntarily accept used motor oil from DIYs. Garages may apply for a permit to burn the oil they generate and collect form DIYs for heat.