Petroleum lubricants and synthetic oils are used for a variety of purposes, from lubrication, heat transfer, electrical transmission to metal cutting, ... Depending on the application and operating environment. These oils which are polluted, degraded and need to be removed are called waste lubricants. These waste oils can have an adverse impact on the environment, if they are not handled or handled improperly.

The effects of waste oil on health and the environment:

The presence of degraded additives, pollutants and by-products makes waste oil hazardous and feces into hazardous waste. If not handled properly, waste oil discharged into the environment will cause many serious consequences:

• Polluting water sources even with a low concentration of 1ppm.
• Poisoning, destroying food sources, habitat and reducing fertility of birds and mammals.
• Toxic oil vapor affects the central nervous system, lungs and liver of many animals.
• Ingestion of waste oil adversely affects the ability to digest food and damage the intestinal tract
• In addition, the oil reduces the fur's insulation and water repellency, causing some animals to freeze or drown.

If used oil is not handled properly, it will seriously affect the environment.

Handling used oil properly: waste oil is not directly poured into the environment that garage owners, companies, businesses, ... will collect into containers and hand them over to buying establishments. Reputation brought to processing. Waste oil and residues from recycling processes that cannot be reused in any way must be disposed of properly. There are two main processing directions that are commonly used:

• Refine to produce low-grade lubricating base oils. With a rigorous and rigorous process, waste oil can be recycled as a lubricating base equivalent to low-grade pure base oil.
• High-temperature distillation produces fuels such as industrial heating oil for heating in furnaces, blast furnaces, cement furnaces or diesel fuel, ...
• Currently, in many developing countries, some waste oils are recycled using primitive and simple technologies such as open boiling, clay method, etc. not only generate toxic emissions but also also hazardous solid waste. The market for low-grade recycled oils is often limited and the remaining waste components are burned or disposed of indiscriminately, posing serious threats to both human health and the environment.

 

Conclude:

The amount of waste oil is closely related with the increase in the number of automobiles and industry. Waste oil management is an increasing and increasing concern, especially in industrial and urban areas.

Laws and regulations are an important part of waste oil management. Individual countries can enact their own laws to suit the capabilities and needs of each country.