How does this whole recycling thing work?
Interchange Recycling has a vast network of recycling centres open to the public. That means, at these locations, both used motor oil and antifreeze related products are accepted for recycling at no cost to you.
That’s right—treating the environment with respect is absolutely free, and now, it’s even easier.
How to Recycle Your Used Motor Oil
What Can I Recycle?
Interchange Recycling helps prevent automotive fluids and materials from harming the environment and turns them into something useful. Importantly, we balance the industry’s financial health and the health of everyone else in BC.
We accept the following products:
All Oil Fluid and Oil Container (for container sizes of 50 litres or less).
The following Oil Products and their Containers are included in the Interchange Recycling program since they are not consumed in use and are available for collection and recycling.
- circulating oil
- compressor oil
- crankcase oil (petroleum or synthetic)
- electrical insulating oil
- engine oil
- gear oil
- hydraulic fluid
- marine engine oil for vessels operating domestically
- mineral heat transfer fluid
- natural gas compressor oil not consumed in use
- paper machine oil
- petroleum crankcase oil
- polyolester fluids
- power steering fluid
- refrigeration system oil
- re-refined oil
- synthetic crankcase oil
- transmission fluid
- turbine oil
- vegetable oil for lubrication (not cooking oil)
Containers (up to 50 litres in size) from the following oil products, which are consumed in use, are included in the Interchange Recycling program:
- 2-cycle engine oil
- agricultural spray oil
- anti-seize lubricant
- chain oil
- conveyor lube
- dedusting oil
- drawing, stamping and shaping oil
- dripless lube
- emulsified oil
- food grade white mineral oil
- form release oil
- gasoline / 2-cycle engine oil mixes
- machine tool and slideway lubricant
- marine cylinder oil
- metal working oil
- natural gas compressor oil consumed in use
- pneumatic system oil
- process oil
- quenching oil
- rock drill oil
- rustproof oil
- saw guide oil
- silicone lubricant
- textile oil
- wiring pulling lubricant (petroleum or vegetable based)
The following Oil Filters are included in the Interchange Recycling program
- spin-on or element style filter that is used in hydraulic, transmission or internal combustion engine applications including diesel fuel filter
- coolant filter
- diesel fuel filter used at retail & commercial pump islands
- household furnace fuel filter
- oil / air separator filter
- plastic / paper element style filter
- storage tank diesel fuel filter
- sump type automatic transmission filter
The following Automotive Antifreeze Fluid and their Containers (50 litres or less) are included in the Interchange Recycling program
- ethylene glycol engine coolant
- propylene glycol engine coolant
The following products are not accepted in our program:
Used Oil Products & Containers:
- 3-in-1 household oil
- aerosol propelled lubricant
- base oil, including re-refined base oil
- brake fluid
- cleaning/flushing fluids for motors/equipment
- cooking oil
- diesel fuel treatment (Diesel Exhaust Fluid or DEF)
- ethylene glycol heat transfer fluid
- export oil sales
- glycol-based heat transfer fluid
- grease
- gun oil
- heating furnace oil
- hydraulic jack oil
- hydraulic oil dye
- kerosene
- marine engine oil for vessels operating internationally
- oil additive
- oil treatment
- penetrating oil
- phosphate ester hydraulic fluid
- polyglycol synthetic compressor oil
- propylene glycol heat transfer fluid
- sewing machine oil
- silicone heat transfer fluid
- solvents
- synthetic aromatic hydrocarbon heat transfer fluid
- undercoating
- urethane coating
- water glycol hydraulic fluid
- wax
- windshield washer fluid
- winter start fluid
Filters:
- air filter
- crankcase ventilation filter
- gasoline fuel filter
- household furnace air filter
- sock-type filter
Antifreeze Products and Containers:
- aircraft de-icing fluid
- antifreeze plumbing fluid
- fuel line de-icing fluid
- lock de-icing fluid
- windshield washer fluid
Members & Participants Are Our Engine
We can’t change the world alone. Our members and service partners truly complete the cycle of automotive products recycling.
Members are any first sellers of lubricating oil and antifreeze materials, such as retailers and automotive shops, who collect and remit the Environmental Handling Charge to Interchange.
Service partners are comprised of those who collect, transport, and process our materials. These are the hard working groups that ensure our products are safely managed and re-refined to the highest standards.
Frequently Asked Questions
If you still have questions, we still have answers. Please click through to our FAQs.
What’s New
Recycling used oil and antifreeze is an easy way to protect the environment and keep valuable resources in use. Through partnerships, local programs, and innovation, Interchange Recycling is helping communities across BC keep these materials out of landfills. Visit our News & Events page for updates on our work.
