Brake fluid disposal / recycling in Bay Area

[warranty]

I figure the subject of proper brake fluid disposal comes up once in a while so I'll just post some info here to hopefully help out fellow DSMers and the environment. I did quite a few phone calls and finally found a proper (and free!) solution today.

For those of you who live in Alameda County, the Fremont Recycling and Transfer Station will recycle all your hazardous automotive fluids free of charge: that includes brake fluids, antifreeze, motor oil, transmission oil, etc. More info about the Fremont Recycling and Transfer Station can be found here:

Fremont Recycling & Transfer Station

They accept free drop-offs for residents from Wednesdays through Fridays 8:30am~2:30pm and Saturdays 8:00am~4:30pm. The place is near the 880 & Stevenson exit in Fremont.

As you know most auto parts stores take used motor oil, but they really don't like you mixing in the transmission fluids or brake fluids/antifreeze, etc. Since brake fluid is pretty nasty/poisonous stuff I feel much better having them properly recycled.

Hope this helps for the rest of you NorCal DSMers!

 

[HadesOmega]

I just dump my coolant and brake fluid in my toilet. It gets filtered out at the water treatment facility anyway, that's what I learned when some dude from the water company visited my chemistry class in high school =P But thats good they take all that nasty stuff.

I don't see a problem mixing tranny fluid and oil I always do it. Unless your talking about auto tranny fluid and oil, its still oil though '

 

[EventsCo21XL]

Good job on that suggestion for fluid disposal. Then again, we re-pollute the air with our SMOG hating cars hehe. Naw really though, nice to know where I could dump my stuff properly, gettin sick of looking at all of it piled up in the yard.