Did you know that, when replaced, your car's old motor oil could be recycled and reused to fuel power plants, heat homes, and even power vehicles? That's right, rather than washing your car's old oil down the drain or pouring it into your trash, which is both hazardous and wasteful, it can be preserved and refined into combustible fuel.

Rich White, executive director of Car Care Council says "Auto repair shops and parts stores have, for a very long time, taken great care to protect the environment by recycling used engine oil," adding "It's part of their everyday business."¹

If you were wondering, even DIY users out there can recycle their used motor oil too by visiting http://earth911.com/. Once on the link, you can find a recycling center near you where you can send your old motor oil to be shipped off and refined.

To make changing your oil a little less messy, and to help protect the environment as well as other people, make sure you send your used car oil to be refined a facility near you. The service department at Autofocus in Greensboro, NC recycles oil, tires and other materials, you should do your best to recycle too! To get in touch with our service department contact us online or by phone at 336 852 5852.

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