Residential Used Motor Oil & Oil Filter Recycling

Protect... Collect... Recycle!!

Disposing of used motor oil and used oil filters properly is one of the easiest and most effective ways to protect our local environment! 

Watch the City's Used Oil PSA to find out why you should do your part and recycle used oil and oil filters.


Residential Used Oil Recycling and Oil Filter Exchange Program

Recycling used motor oil and oil filters is one of the easiest and most effective ways to protect our waterways and oceans from pollution. In the United States, 40% of pollution in waterways is a result of used engine oil. Not only is this oil pollution widespread, but it is also dangerous! It only takes one gallon of used oil to contaminate one million gallons of drinking water with toxic contaminants like arsenic, lead, cadmium, zinc, barium and chromium.

The good news? Used motor oil and oil filters don’t have to be thrown in the trash; they can be recycled into new and valuable products. If all used motor oil was recycled every year in the United States, it would save 1.3 million barrels of oil per day, a potentially important contribution to American fuel independence. Similarly, if all used oil filters were recycled annually in the United States, 160,000 tons of steel would be recovered. This is enough to construct 16 more Petco Park stadiums!

The City of Oceanside makes used oil and oil filter recycling easier than ever with Used Oil and Oil Filter Exchange Events. Oceanside residents can bring their used oil filters and exchange them for a *FREE new oil filter.

*While supplies last. Max free filter price $15+ tax. Max 2 free filters per household.

Dates, times, and locations of upcoming Used Oil Filter Exchange Events are listed below:

City of Oceanside Used Oil Filter Exchange Events:

Date Time Location
August 17, 2019 9 am - 1 pm 3661 Mission Ave. 
October 19, 2019 9 am - 1 pm 502 Oceanside Blvd.
December 14, 2019 9 am - 1 pm 3840 Plaza Dr. 
February 8, 2020 9 am - 1 pm 3661 Mission Ave. 
April 4, 2020 - Cancelled 9 am - 1 pm 502 Oceanside Blvd.
June 6, 2020 - Postponed TBD TBD
 
 
As an Oceanside resident, you can help conserve our natural resources and protect human and environmental health by recycling your used motor oil and oil filters at the following certified collection centers (CCCs).

CCC Name

Location

Phone Number

Accepts Used Oil?

Accepts Used Oil Filters?

AutoZone #4041

3513 Cannon Rd

(760) 806-4821

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AutoZone #6166

 2253 El Camino Real (760) 696-9428  √  √

AutoZone #5560

3975 Mission Blvd

(760) 967-7395

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AutoZone #5661

 1028 Mission Ave (760) 439-7437  √  

AutoZone #4139

4231 Oceanside Blvd

(760) 726-4276

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Jiffy Lube #1278

1970 Oceanside Blvd

(760) 439-5050

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Jiffy Lube #3244

4106 Oceanside Blvd

(760) 643-9268

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O’Reilly Autoparts #0331

502 Oceanside Blvd

(760) 722-1878

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O’Reilly Autoparts #0794

3840 Plaza Dr

(760) 940-1808

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O’Reilly Autoparts #1329

3661 W. Mission Ave

(760) 439-3101

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Oceanside Tire & Service Center

499A College Blvd

(760) 940-1100

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Pep Boys #667

2041 Mission Ave

(760) 721-1608

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Pep Boys #742

3752 Plaza Dr

(760) 724-2726

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Waste Management Household Hazardous Waste Facility

Open Tuesday-Saturday 8 am - 4 pm (closed 12-12:40 pm)

  2800 Industry St (760) 940-2824  √  √

For any recycling questions please call the Oceanside Recycling Hotline at (760) 435-5015.

This program is funded by a grant from the California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery.