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Waste oil
Waste oil is defined as any petroleum-based or synthetic ers must be in good condition with no leaks, the tanks/
oil that, through use or handling, has become unsuitable containers must be labeled with the words “used oil”, and
for its original purpose due to the presence of impurities there must be a spill prevention plan (or a control and
or loss of original properties. countermeasures plan).
Differentiating between "waste Waste oil furnaces and boilers
Waste oil furnace is a type of furnace used for heating
oil" and "used oil" purposes and is fueled by used oil that is free of hazar-
The U.S. EPA defines the term "used oil" using (approx- dous contaminants, as described by the EPA. Waste-oil-
imately) the definition given above, while the term fueled boilers can be used for various industrial purposes
"waste oil" is used to mean used oil (or oil) that is in- as well as heating.
appropriately mixed with hazardous waste, or disposed
of, rather than recycled (re-refined, burned for energy See also
recovery, etc.). The general difference between the two
• Vegetable oil used as fuel
terms is essentially whether the used oil is disposed of, or
• HAZMAT
appropriately recycled.
• Oil depletion
• Motor oil
Products used as waste oil • Hydraulic oil
Some examples of types of products that after use, can
be labeled as used oil are: hydraulic oil, transmission oil, References
brake fluids, motor oil, crankcase oil, gear box oil, syn-
[1] State of Maine (www.maine.gov)
thetic oil,[1] and grades 1, 2, 3 and 4 fuel oil.[citation needed]
[2] "Identification and Listing of Hazardous Waste:
Used Oil Final Rule and Correction Notices Issued".
Disposal of waste oil U.S. Department of Energy Office of Environmental
Waste oil can be disposed of in different ways, including Guidance. 1993. http://epic.er.doe.gov/epic/docs/
sending the used oil off-site (some facilities are permitted 525.pdf. Retrieved 2007-04-05.
to handle the used oil such as your local garages and local
waste disposal facilities), burning used oil as a fuel (some External links
used oil is not regulated by burner standards, but others
• The Regulation of Used Oil: Used Oil Burners. 2005.
that are off-specification used oil can only be burned in
State of Ohio Environmental Protection Agency.
either industrial furnaces, certain boilers, and permitted
• Used Oil. 2006. Environmental Virtual Campus.
hazardous waste incinerators), and marketing the used
• Used Oil and Used Oil Filter Management. 2000.
oil (claims are made that the used oil is to be burned for
Nebraska Department of Environmental Quality.
energy recovery, it is then shipped to a used oil burner
• Used Oil Regulations. 2003. Government of Nova
who burns the used oil in an approved industrial furnace
Scotia.
or boiler). Oils that are off-specification typically contain:
• DMOZ Open Directory Project - Heat Generating
Arsenic 5 ppm, Cadmium 2 ppm, Chromium 10 ppm, Lead
Equipment
100 ppm, Flash point 100°F, minimum (i.e., fp must be
• NORA, An Association of Responsible Recyclers,
greater than 100°F), Total Halogens >4,000 ppm [2]
formerly the National Oil Recyclers Association
Storage and handling of waste
oil
For on-site burning of used oil, the oil must be stored in
tanks or containers, above or underground. The contain-
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