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Proper Used Motor Oil Disposal
Efforts are increasing to reduce environmental pollution created through improperly discarded used oil and lubricants. According to the National Petrochemical & Refiners Association "2002 Report on U.S. Lubricating Oil Sales," 2.46 billion gallons of lubricants were sold in the United State in 2002. At the same time, the American Petroleum Institute (API) estimates around 1 billion gallons of used oil are properly disposed of each year. This leaves nearly 1.5 billion gallons of oil that cannot be accounted for. Think about it, 1.5 BILLION. Not all of this unaccounted for used oil is improperly discarded, but according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), "Improperly disposed used oil is the largest single source of oil pollution fouling our nation's waters." Although this used oil includes diesel, two-cycle, transmission, hydraulic and industrial lubricants, the biggest problem comes from improperly discarded gasoline engine oils. Just one quart of used oil can produce a two-acre oil slick, while one gallon can foul one million gallons of water. Quick lube and mobile oil centers, auto dealers and other businesses that change oil, perform about 60 percent of the nation's oil changes, while the other 40 percent are performed by Do it youselfers (DIY). According to Stephen Christie, executive director of the Automotive Oil Change Association (AOCA), "The vast majority of our member companies and their separate oil-change facilities dispose of used oil in approved ways. Used oil is collected by installers into tanks on site, picked up by licensed used oil transporters which either recycle it in their own facilities or resell it to other recyclers. Virtually all of the used motor oil collected. It's more difficult to determine where used oil from the DIY market ends up, and efforts are increasing to encourage do it yourselfer's to properly recycle it. California currently operates one of the most active used oil programs in the country, collecting about 600 million gallons of used oil over the past decade. Utah, Maryland, Florida and Alabama also have active programs, with Utah funding its program with a small per-quart fee on new oil purchases of less than 55 gallons. Used oil filters are also a source of oil pollution. Even after allowing a used oil filter to drain for a few minutes, six to eight ounces of oil usually remain inside.(( The only Company that I know of is Heartland Petroleum that actually recycles 100% www.heartlandoil.com.com, excluding them)) When thrown out with the trash, the oil eventually leaks out into landfills, contributing an estimated 12 million gallons of untreated oil to the environment each year. It is hoped that increased efforts encouraging used filter recycling will lessen the negative impact of used oil on the environment.
Considering that conventional motor oil companies recommend oil drain intervals of 3000-8000 miles thats allot of pollution! We all need to do our part. Check out www.mobilelube.org ! |
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This intel was contributed by gregctx
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February, 2012
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