I think my city offers oil collection, but it's only on scheduled weekends throughout the year. I think anyplace that sells oil is required to take used oil, but every time I try to take oil to one of those places it seems like their collection bin is full, or nearly full. It's all just such a hassle. Between that, and Jiffy Lube can change my oil in about half the time I can do it, it's usually worth it for me to just pay an extra $50 to pay them to do it.
It was better when I was a teenager and we lived next to a field. We would just go to the field and dump our used oil on the dirt road through the field.
Jiffy Lube or any quick lube place, Be Wary!
I can tell you from experience and from many journeymen mechanics that I know, that started at quick oil change places like Jiffy Lube. Be warned if you go there check your oil level immediately after, first off.
Not only that, a lot of these kids, we'll check your air filter etc and not put all the clips back on properly or Not seat the air filter properly after pulling it out and checking it. they sometimes won't push your dipstick back in all the way, Or Torque you're diff to about a 100 Foot pounds.
It can also happen at dealers in the quick lube change lane.
I try to only change my own oil yet, yet last summer I was at was that the dealer to get a part for one of my jeeps and I decided I didn't have time to change my oil, so I pulled my JK Into the Mopar Quick lube change lane and After instructing them not to check anything else, diff fuild ect. please just change the oil.
Kid underneath was done, yelled to the kid up top, that he was done, the Kid up top put the oil in. I was sitting in my Jeep, he Gives me the keys back and tells me to fire it up and rev it to 2500 and hold it there for 30 seconds.
We got to about 3 seconds, as he forgot to put the cap on the oil filter Housing! And oil sprayed onto the car in the next lane And I got a good oil coating For the Winter all over the engine.
The service manager came out and just dropped his Head.
This is why I only change my own oil!