Check your vehicle for oil leaks and drips on a regular basis. When you find a leak, fix it promptly. Collect oil in containers with a tight fighting lid. Old milk jugs are perfect! Never dump motor oil, antifreeze or other engine fluids down the storm drain or into the ground. Wash your car at a car wash that filters water, this will prevent oil from you car to enter the ground water Use ground cloths under your vehicle whenever doing engine repair. Clean up all spills that happen in a timely manner. What else can I do to help prevent oil pollution? Keep Delaware beautiful starting in Your Backyard Always pick up your doggie’s doo! Doggie doo can wash into our streams and rivers and introduce disease-causing bacteria. Pick up litter from your yard and storm drains. Use natural products whenever possible! Toxic substances like insect sprays and moth balls should be used as little as possible Plant more trees and flowers! It will make your yard more beautiful, and make it more difficult for chemicals to reach waterways. Recycle as much as possible! Have an item you don't know where to recycle? Check out the website below. FOR MORE INFORMATION: For more information on places you can recycle your motor oil, contact your local service station, hazardous waste collection program or call The Citizens Response Line at 1-800-404-7080. Have you seen someone dumping oil? Report it at www.302stoppit.org or call 302-786-7748 For emergencies, contact DNREC Emergency Response at 1-800-662-8802 Learn more about motor oil and other types of recycling at www.earth911.com By recycling your used oil and oil filters you can help keep Delaware beautiful. SILENT OIL SPILLS HAPPEN EVERYDAY IN SUSSEX COUNTY
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Check your vehicle for oil leaks and
drips on a regular basis. When you
find a leak, fix it promptly.
Collect oil in containers with a tight
fighting lid. Old milk jugs are
perfect!
Never dump motor oil, antifreeze or
other engine fluids down the storm
drain or into the ground.
Wash your car at a car wash that
filters water, this will prevent oil
from you car to enter the ground
water
Use ground cloths under your vehicle
whenever doing engine repair. Clean
up all spills that happen in a timely
manner.
What else can I do to
help prevent oil pollution?
Keep Delaware beautiful
starting in Your Backyard
Always pick up your doggie’s doo!
Doggie doo can wash into our
streams and rivers and introduce
disease-causing bacteria.
Pick up litter from your yard and
storm drains.
Use natural products whenever
possible! Toxic substances like
insect sprays and moth balls should
be used as little as possible
Plant more trees and flowers! It
will make your yard more beautiful,
and make it more difficult for
chemicals to reach waterways.
Recycle as much as possible! Have
an item you don't know where to
recycle? Check out the website
below.
FOR MORE INFORMATION: For more information on places you can
recycle your motor oil, contact your local
service station, hazardous waste collection
program or call The Citizens Response
Line at 1-800-404-7080.
Have you seen someone dumping oil?
Report it at www.302stoppit.org
or call 302-786-7748
For emergencies, contact DNREC
Emergency Response at 1-800-662-8802
Learn more about motor oil and
other types of recycling at
www.earth911.com
By recycling your used oil
and oil filters you can help
keep Delaware beautiful.
SILENT OIL SPILLS HAPPEN EVERYDAY IN
SUSSEX
COUNTY
Recycling Oil is EASY and FREE
Del-Tech Owens Campus
21179 College Dr
Jones Crossroads Landfill
28560 Landfill Lane
Harbeson
Rt. 5 Transfer Station
29997 John P. Healy Dr
Laurel
Dukes Lumber
28504 Dukes Lumber Rd
Lewes
Advance Auto Parts*
17884 Coastal Hwy
Cape Henlopen State Park
42 Cape Henlopen Dr
Millsboro
Advance Auto Parts*
101 Laurel Rd
AutoZone*
28612 DuPont Blvd
Long Neck Collection Station
28963 Mount Joy Rd
Milton
Town of Milton Grocery Store
Rt. 16 and Mulberry St.
Rehoboth Beach
Indian River Inlet
39415 Inlet Rd
Selbyville
Town of Selbyville
Railroad Ave & Church St
Seaford
Advance Auto Parts*
22877 Sussex Hwy
AutoZone*
22936 Sussex Hwy
Tractor Supply*
20952 Sussex Hwy * stores may not recycle oil filter
Places to Recycle
Used Motor Oil
and Oil Filters
By recycling your oil you can
help keep our waterways cleaner.
For more details please visit
www.delawareestuary.org/
oilrecycling
Bethany Beach
Fresh Pond State Park Fred Hudson Rd
Bridgeville
Bridgeville Collection Station 16539 Polk Rd
Goodwill 18178 Sussex Hwy
Delmar
Advance Auto Parts*
38592 Sussex Hwy
AutoZone*
1 Gerald Court
Ellendale
Ellendale Collection Station
13870 South Old State Rd
Frankford
Omar Collection Station
33086 Burton Farm Rd
Georgetown
Advance Auto Parts*
20873 DuPont Blvd
Sussex County Government
Office
22215 DuPont Blvd
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