Tires, oil and vehicle parts
Tires, motor oil, antifreeze, car batteries and other garage waste that the cart never takes.
How to recycle a car battery safely
How to recycle a car battery through retailer take-back or household hazardous waste, with local rules.
How to dispose of used motor oil and filters
How to dispose of used motor oil: separate containers, local recycling and oil-filter rules.
How to dispose of antifreeze: never the drain or the ground
Antifreeze never goes down a drain or in the cart. Seattle, Knoxville and Philadelphia take it at hazardous waste sites.
Tire disposal: a retailer or drop-off site, not the cart
Most states keep whole tires out of landfills. Old tires go back to the seller or to a local drop-off.
Garage waste has its own paths: tires go to a dealer or a permitted collection, used oil to a retailer or a household hazardous waste site, lead-acid batteries back to the seller. The guides here cover each material’s rule, the state fees and take-back laws behind it, and where the answer turns local.
Where to start
Open tire disposal for retailer take-back, county drop-off sites and the state fees behind them, with the Illinois, South Carolina and Texas rules as worked examples, and antifreeze for why coolant never goes down a drain or on the ground and the free drop-off in Seattle and Knoxville and Philadelphia’s collection events. Open how to dispose of used motor oil for oil collection and filter preparation, and how to recycle a car battery for retailer take-back, core charges and New York’s two-a-month rule. Household hazardous waste covers used oil and batteries at a local HHW site or event, and drop-off locations lists the sites we have checked. Your state page lists the statewide fees and take-back laws where we could verify them.