Date: Tue, 12 Apr 2005 09:49:33 +0100 From: Pooh Bear <rabbitsfriendsandrelationsnospamail.com> Subject: Re: Oil change intervals
Craig's Saab C9000 Site wrote: > Pooh Bear <rabbitsfriendsandrelationsnospamail.com> writes: > > >> Dumping it into the wastewater system is very harmful. Dumping in landfill > >> (inside a closed container) via the regular trash/garbage/rubbish collection > >> run by the local council or other authority is probably the closest thing > >> possible to being a 'land-friendly' disposal option. Is there any sort of > >> 'Saab-endorsed' way of dealing with waste oil products? 8-) > > >In Sweden I'm sure they'll recycle. Oil collection / recycling is also used here in > >the UK. There are penalties for disposal in environmentally unfriendly ways. > > I know that there are oil recycling facilities here, but it's not something > that gets publicised widely. After all, the trucks that rumble around > carting waste oil have to be picking it up from somewhere. > > I think all Australian state and territory governments have their own > version of an EPA (Environmental Protection Authority as it's called here in > NSW) which enforces legislation for dumping waste products, including oils. > Might see if the local council landfill site accepts waste oils - would be a > sensible place to do it. Erk ! Landfill ? That means the oil will eventually reach the water table unless the site is situated in a very deep bed of impermeable clay ! Best thing to do is to recycle it. Graham
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