By Daily Press staff
Dump oil and we all get soaked. That was the message sent by City Hall earlier this month, during a community event that promoted environmental education and the importance of recycling used motor oil and oil filters. There were more than 100 city residents who attended the event, which took place at the Kragen Auto Parts store on Lincoln Boulevard. More than 30 gallons of used motor oil were collected.
City Hall’s outreach effort, designed to reach do-it-yourself oil changers through a variety of outlets, has the same goal — ensuring exposure and increasing behavior change.
City Hall conducted extensive surveys in the Pico neighborhood to collect information on motivations and barriers for environmentally-friendly behavior. Using that information, City Hall developed an outreach plan for the informational materials it has distributed.
City Hall has reached more than 300 businesses and 17,000 residences with the used oil recycling message during the outreach campaign.
To locate other used oil recycling collection centers, call (888) CLEAN LA or visit www.smepd.org. For a free used oil collection container, visit the HHW Center at 2500 Michigan Ave., or call James Conway at (310) 458-8916, ext. 2. Bank gives back to Santa Monica
Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on February 22, 2005. Read the original PDF.