Used Motor oil

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Hi Guys,

After servicing my Bakkie over the weekend I ended up with just shy of 6L of motor oil.

This got me thinking, Motor Oil can be recycled and used again for various other things. Currently as far as my knowledge goes you have to drive to a landfill that has the facility to dispose of this oil or collect this oil. All good and well, but why are we not being paid for recycling our oil? Obviously someone is making money from this recycled oil and I want a slice of this pie :p

Anybody knows how this Oil recycling in SA works? Why is there no places that pay for the used oil like they do with scrap metal?

Was thinking one can start a nice business where you collect used oil and resell it to the recyclers or something like that.

Anyway, if you have any info please share it ...
 
I also got around 5l of oil to recycle.

Serviced my car this weekend.

Usually some garages have special containers for emptying old oil in for recycling.
 
The oil recycling crowd visits us every couple of weeks and siphons it off and they disappear down the road - I presume it comes back dressed in a Pick n Pay tin! :p
 
I can remember way back in the day that the oil you purchased from the shops (the 5l oils) was a golden color.

Nowadays the oil seems not to be that golden... maybe they're filtering out the residues and dirt from the recycled/old oil and mix it with new oil?
 
Fazda said:
The oil is apparently re-processed somehow - not just re-filtered.
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As long as it doesn't damage your engine though. I'm all for reprocessed oil in order to save the environment.

Should be interested to see how they reprocess used oil.
 
I have no ideas how they do it, but I do know that many of your cheaper Grocery store oils are re-processed. shouldn't do any harm but personally, I wouldn't go that route.
 
All this still doesn't explain to me how someone else is making money of my used oil :mad:

:p :D
 
Fazda said:
The oil is apparently re-processed somehow - not just re-filtered.
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Some used motor oil is collected specifically for recycling in the manufacture of explosives for the mining industry.
There needs to be better communication and incentive for the public to correctly dispose of used oil.
 
Good day to all,

I am a site manager for a waste management company, i just thought id shed some light on the subject

Rose foundation has recently warned that there will be a pricing danger to used oil due to businesses now using there waste used oil as income stream rather than seeing it as an environmental necessity. Which in my opinion, indirectly effects the individuals at home more so than business sectors.

Yes you should be getting paid for your used oil. But the downside to them paying you for the oil, will be they can flip the coin around and charge you for the safe disposal certificate to state that the oil has been recycled in accordance to the waste act and transport costs of collecting the oil. To absorb these costs, collectors would only rebate businesses or individuals if they had large volumes of Used oil. So in theory, it would not be financially viable to rebate an individual that has only 5 liters a month.

But there is an alternative to household used oil. Used oil is other engine oil, hydraulic oil and gearbox oil. There are other types of used oil, but not within household operations such as transformer oils. Currently there is an initiative being developed to assist individuals with there used oil as well as smaller businesses. To facilitate and collect oil from your homes or depots in the community and more importantly to ensure we have sustainable environment for the generations to come. Not for the financial gain,but rather to ensure our environment is saved. 1 liter of oil can contaminate 1 million liters of water, need i say more.

I do hope this gives insight to the discussion, if you require any further information or would like to help build the initiative please don't hesitate to drop me a mail on [email protected]
 
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