Used Oil Recycling Program

Registered Generators

If you purchase lubricating oil for use in equipment that you own or operate, you may qualify to register as an "industrial generator" with the California Integrated  Waste Management Board. Curbside collection programs are also eligible. As a registered generator, you are eligible to file claims and receive a 16¢ per gallon for all the used lubricating oil that you recycle.

• Who Is Eligible?
• Become a Registered Generator
• Claiming the Incentive
• Forms

Who is eligible to be a registered generator?"

An industrial generator of used oil is defined as an entity that buys and uses lubricating oil only for equipment owned or used by the entity (Public Resources Code Section 48614). You may be an industrial generator if, as part of your day-to-day business operations:

1. You use automobiles, buses, trucks, planes, trains, heavy equipment, or other machinery powered by an internal combustion engine.
2. Your business changes the lubricating oil in these vehicles or heavy equipment.
3. The used oil is transferred to a certified recycling facility by a used oil hauler.

Curbside collection programs that pick up used oil may also become registered "industrial generators" with the State. Once registered, program operators (public or private) can receive the 16¢-per-gallon recycling incentive for all the used oil collected at curbside as well as used oil generated by program vehicles.

Entities that change oil in vehicles NOT owned or used by them (e.g., service stations) may become certified collection centers IF they accept used oil from the public and offer the incentive.

How do I register?

Private businesses, local governments, or special districts may become registered industrial generators or registered curbside collection programs. To become registered, complete a registration application (see below) and mail it to:

Used Oil Recycling, MS 19-A
California Integrated Waste Management Board
PO Box 4025
Sacramento, CA 95812-4025

Registration Application, CIWMB form 30 (MS Word, 129 KB | Adobe PDF, 35 KB)

Once the Board has processed your application and notified you that your program has been registered you must submit a recycling incentive reimbursement claim to receive payment of the recycling incentive.

For more information, please use the contact information found at the bottom of this page.

Last updated: February 04, 2008