And they are going to let you do this for free instead of invoicing you for changing your oil. Very nice guys. Most of all because they have to pay to dispose of _your_ oil afterward.
Maybe car shops are philanthropic where you live, not so much where I live…
Have you ever actually tried this stuff instead of supposing things and writing about it as a fact online? I just take it to autozone and they don't ask questions or need to file anything, or even really ask me anything about the oil I brought in. Some people don't even go that far and just leave a used jug outside the autozone (bad practice as it could spill and is rude to the workers).
I have literally never seen anyplace geared towards selling parts / oil, charge for oil disposal. I can think of 6+ places within 30 minutes that offer it for free.
Like the sibling commenter, I have never heard of an auto parts store charging for this. Walmart accepts it as well. Maybe it's just in the US that things are this way, and you're in another country?
I assume part of the reason they offer this service is to incentivize you to buy parts and oil from them, but I imagine there are also regulatory reasons.
I do live in another country and you started to make me doubt, so I checked.
So car shops generally won’t take you old oil where I live (although allegedly some do, which I somehow have never heard of), but it appears that most of the gas stations do.
So, my mistake, it appears it’s not so much a pain as I thought, I’ll look into this.