The waste oil we collect is recycled and re-refined to create high quality fuel oil and base oils, effectively closing the loop on oil usage. A challenging component of waste oil recovery is residual waste left on equipment parts like oil filters.
Automotive workshops build up large amounts of used oil filters each year, each of them filled with highly recoverable used engine oil and contaminated materials like sludge.
Previously, it was almost impossible to remove the residual oil left in a used oil filter. Typically, the filter would be crushed and the oil lost. Cleanaway has a dedicated division called Cleanaway Equipment Services CES which provides all workshop waste service s, including the collection and recycling of used oil filters. In WA alone, we collect upwards of tonnes of waste oil filters per year from workshops throughout the metropolitan and regional centres.
These are collected in dedicated storage bins supplied by Cleanaway for source separation and next stage recycling. This enables us to provide a cleaner, more usable metal recyclable product. If the filter is equipped with a flapper valve or other device that blocks the drainage, the valve must be opened or the filter case punctured or opened to allow the residual used oil or fuel to drain freely.
Oil filter crushers are commonly used by oil filter generators to remove oil and compact oil filters for shipping. The used oil filter regulations allow generators to pierce and crush drained oil filters to prepare them for recycling, and this treatment does not require a hazardous waste treatment permit.
The generator must properly manage all used oil and other residues that drain from the filters as a result of the crushing, puncturing or other activities.
Used oil must be managed as hazardous waste. Since oil filters can still drip oil after they have been drained, oil filters must be placed in a container that can capture all of the used oil that continues to drain from the filters. The containers of used filters must be:. Generators may store up to one ton of used oil filters for a period of up to one year, and storage of one ton or more of used oil filters is limited to days, unless the storage facility has a hazardous waste permit authorizing longer storage.
One ton of filters are approximately equivalent to nine drums of uncrushed filters or six drums of crushed filters. The purpose of the oil filter regulations is to encourage recycling of the metal cases and oil. Because of this, you may only send them to certain facilities.
While anybody can collect properly drained used oil filters without a hazardous waste permit, the only allowed destinations for used oil filters are:. You can either take your filters to a destination facility in your own vehicle, or you can hire a shipper to take them there for you. The shipper does not need to be a registered hazardous waste transporter.
Before you ship, you need to be sure that you:. A copy of each bill of lading must be kept on file by the transporter, generator and receiving facility for at least 3 years.
Unlike the hazardous waste manifest, copies of bills of lading are not sent to DTSC. Less hassles. Get a Free Quote. We offer the best storage, collection, transportation and recycling methods in the industry. Advantages of our Bulk Oil Filter Service: Less mess: No more oil dripping on your shop floor, or drums of empty oil filters cluttering up your workspace.
You can even place them outdoors. You receive a space-efficient gallon leak-proof steel container that holds the equivalent of six gallon drums or approximately 1, uncrushed automotive filters.
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