GOFER

In South Carolina, more than 1 million gallons of used motor oil go unaccounted for each year. This oil winds up in our ditches, storm drains, roads, streams, and in landfills. Eventually, it enters our groundwater supply.

Mid-Carolina has a program to help you dispose of used oil the right way -- Give Oil For Energy Recovery, or GOFER -- a joint effort with Santee Cooper, Lexington County and Saluda County to keep used oil out of our precious soil and water supplies.

Just take your used oil to one of our GOFER collection sites located in Lexington County. Then, Santee Cooper will collect the oil and burn it to generate electricity.

How to GOFER it!

To help you properly dispose of used oil, please follow these tips:

• Drain the oil into a suitable container (no larger than 5 gal.), such as a large plastic jug with a tightly fitting cap.
• Use a funnel to keep oil from spilling and keep the container clean.
• Take the used oil to the nearest GOFER Convenience Station (see list below) and remember...
  1. Don't mix oil with other liquids such as antifreeze, gasoline, paint thinner, brake fluid or water.
  2. Pour oil carefully into collection station tanks to minimize spillage. PLEASE KEEP YOUR GOFER STATION CLEAN!
  3. Reuse your used oil containers if possible. Never dispose of them at the collection station and don't leave full containers at the station after hours.

GOFER Convenience Stations

Lexington: Site #14, behind Fire Department, Lexington
Edmund: 498 Landfill Lane, Lexington
Pelion: 1325 S. Pine St, Pelion
Red Bank: 1633 S. Lake Dr, Lexington
Batesburg-Leesville: Hwy. 245, S. Lee St, Leesville
Ball Park:, 301 Ball Park Road Rd, Lexington
Old Bush River Road: 6109 Old Bush River Rd, Columbia
Chapin: 103 Distant Lane, Chapin
Summit: 419 Sandpit Rd, Leesville
Hollow Creek: 125 Beulah Church Rd, Gilbert
River Chase Way: 110 River Chase Way, Lexington
Sandhills: 1525 Pine Ridge D, Cayce
Gwendolyn Bailey: 100 Theo Jumper Rd, Gaston
Traffic Circle: Hwy. 378, Saluda
Saluda Site #2: Hwy 178, Saluda
Saluda Site #5: Hollywood Community, CR 129, Saluda
Saluda Site #6: US 178, CR 188, Saluda