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News Coverage

• Yahoo! Autos (3/29/12): How often do you really need to change motor oil?
• OC Register (2/6/12): State says motorists change oil too often
• NY Times (1/4/12): California Urges Drivers to Change the Oil Less Often
• LA Times (12/15/11): State hopes to break car owners’ habit of changing oil too often
• Edmunds.com (8/24/10): Stop Changing Your Oil

Interviews

• TBD

Press Materials

• Press Release (6/5/12): CalRecycle Reminds DIYers to Recycle their Used Motor Oil & Filters Together
• Press Release (3/26/12): “Check Your Number” Campaign Challenges Car Owners to Re-evaluate Oil Change Habits
• Press Release (2/27/12): CalRecycle Launches Kern County Oil Filter Recycling Push
• Press Release (11/3/11): CalRecycle “Check Your Number” Campaign Challenges 3,000 Mile Oil Change Habit
• Media Alert: CalRecycle Offers Free Santa Monica Pier Parking to Drivers Pledging To “Check Their Number” and Re-evaluate Oil Change Habits
• Media Alert: CalRecycle Offers Free Parking at AT&T Park to Fans Pledging To “Check Their Number” and Re-evaluate Oil Change Habits

Public Service Announcements

• Check Your Number TV PSA (2012)
• English (Check Your Number), 30 seconds

• Check Your Number Radio PSA (2011-2012)
  
• English (Check Your Number) mp3, 30 seconds
• En Español (Revisa Tu Número) mp3, 30 seconds

• Used Oil Recycling (2007)
• English (Used Oil Should Be Recycled): Windows Media Video, 1.12 Mbps, 32 seconds | YouTube
• English (Used Oil Should Always Be Recycled): Windows Media Video, 1.12 Mbps, 26 seconds | YouTube
• En Español (Recicle Aceite Usado): Windows Media Video, 1.12 Mbps, 26 segundos | YouTube