an improvement for an apparatus for recycling oil filters enables crushed oil filters to be removed from the compartment , in which they are crushed to remove used oil therefrom and to render them safely disposable , by a mechanical means . the improvement involves the use of a u - shaped member disposed through an opening at the base of the crushing compartment . mechanical means pull the arms of the u - shaped member from the crushing compartment , thereby enabling the base of the u - shaped member to sweep crushed oil filters out through the opening . the crushing compartment has a door which need only be opened to introduce oil filters to be crushed .