--- title: Scottish heating oil disposal in Stenness url: https://fuelfixer.scot/scottish-heating-oil-disposal/stenness/ focus: heating oil disposal in stenness phone: 01295 380724 area: Scotland updated: 2026-09-30 --- # Local Scottish heating oil disposal in Stenness **Short answer** For heating oil disposal in Stenness? Call 01295 380724. A registered waste carrier attends anywhere in Stenness — home tank, farm or croft store, depot, marina, plant yard or a few cans in a lock-up — pumps it out, checks the container for residue and issues a waste transfer note on site. Usually 30-60 minutes on site, quoted per litre, often same day. Old heating oil is hazardous waste, so it leaves under licence and with paperwork — not down a drain, onto the ground or into a bin. [Call 01295 380724 — 24/7 across Orkney Islands](tel:+441295380724) Stenness sits in [Orkney Islands](/coverage/orkney-islands/). Trunk roads: A961 Churchill Barriers, A960 and A965. **Scottish-owned** Scottish-owned and Scottish-run, working every council area from the Borders to Shetland. Part of Fuel Fixer Ltd. Reviewed by [**Rambo S** ](/editorial/), Wrong fuel expert, Fuel Fixer · last checked 30 September 2026 ## About heating oil disposal in Stenness The sludge at the base of an old heating-oil tank is its own job. It is not clean fuel but a mix of water, degraded oil and bacterial matter, and clearing a tank properly means taking that away too, not just pumping off the good oil. Heating oil is the umbrella term; underneath it are 28-second kerosene for most domestic boilers and 35-second gas oil for some older and agricultural ones. Both, and the sludge with them, are collected and disposed of under licence. Disposal is what keeps you clean under duty-of-care rules: the heating oil goes to a permitted facility rather than anywhere convenient, and the transfer note proves where it went and when. Disposal is where duty of care bites. Under the rules the waste is yours until it reaches a permitted facility, so the transfer note issued in Stenness — recording what left, when and where it went — is the document that keeps you covered if it is ever questioned. ## Local Scottish heating oil disposal in Stenness: the facts Fuel | Heating oil | Service | Collection and licensed disposal | Council area | Orkney Islands | Why it degrades | Kerosene or gas oil; collects water, sludge and bacteria and corrodes tanks | Typical sources | Tank decommissioning, heating changes, contamination, sales, spills, estates | Classification | Hazardous waste — waste transfer note issued | Regulator | SEPA | Typical cost | Quoted per litre | Attendance | Collected and disposed of under licence | Helpline | 01295 380724 | ## Where heating oil comes from around Stenness Around Stenness the heating oil we collect and dispose of comes from domestic and commercial heating-oil tanks decommissioned or replaced at the end of their life. Farm, estate and small commercial heating-oil stores being cleared or downsized. ## Where we collect in Stenness In and around Stenness, Orkney Islands the heating oil we collect comes out of house tanks, farm and croft stores, bunded commercial tanks, yards, depots and marinas, as well as drums and cans. Access to Orkney Islands runs via A961 Churchill Barriers, A960 and A965. Call 01295 380724 with the rough litres and you get a quote and a window up front. ## Getting to Stenness Because Stenness sits in Orkney Islands, getting to you means a sailing as well as a drive. We book the collection to a ferry rather than a clock time, and the crossing is already built into the quoted price so it will not change on the day. ## Heating oil disposal prices in Stenness For heating oil disposal in Stenness the quote is per litre and depends on volume and access. Give 01295 380724 the rough litres and the location of the tank, bowser or cans and the price and window come before we set off. 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Reviews are collected independently and published in full — including the ones we would rather not have. Read every review on [Reviews.co.uk](https://www.reviews.co.uk/company-reviews/store/fuelfixer-co-uk) or on our [Google Business Profile](https://www.google.com/maps?cid=17001480993030321128). Live review feed loads here. If it does not appear, [read the reviews directly](https://www.reviews.co.uk/company-reviews/store/fuelfixer-co-uk). ## Common questions **Do you dispose of heating oil in Stenness?** Yes — across Stenness and the rest of Orkney Islands. A registered carrier attends home, farm, depot, marina and commercial sites, pumps out the heating oil and issues a waste transfer note on site. **Is heating oil hazardous waste?** Yes. It cannot be tipped away, drained or left in a redundant tank. A registered carrier removes it and disposes of it through a permitted facility with a transfer note. **Can you help with a leaking or rusted tank?** We pump out the oil and sludge so a failing tank can be dealt with safely, and can advise on cleaning and decommissioning. Describe the tank when you call. **Do you cover commercial as well as domestic tanks?** Yes — house tanks, bunded commercial stores and farm tanks alike, quoted per litre against the volume and access. **How soon can it be collected?** Often quickly for accessible sites; the window is confirmed with the quote before travel. A leak is treated as more urgent. ### One operator, four sites Fuel Fixer Scotland is the Scottish arm of Fuel Fixer Ltd. The same technicians, the same equipment and the same helpline sit behind all four sites — they differ only in where and how people search. - [**Fuel Fixer** The operating company. 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