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  2. Waste oil - Wikipedia

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    Waste oil furnace is a type of furnace used for heating purposes and is fueled by used oil that is free of hazardous contaminants, as described by the EPA. Waste-oil-fueled boilers can be used for various industrial purposes as well as heating.

  3. Automotive oil recycling - Wikipedia

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    Automotive oil recycling involves the recycling of used oils and the creation of new products from the recycled oils, and includes the recycling of motor oil and hydraulic oil. Oil recycling also benefits the environment: [1] increased opportunities for consumers to recycle oil lessens the likelihood of used oil being dumped on lands and in ...

  4. Yellow grease - Wikipedia

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    The recycling of waste cooking oil (aka restaurant grease, used cooking oil or yellow grease) is a process known as “rendering”. During the rendering process fatty acid is separated from the moisture, the solids and any impurities that are present in the waste cooking oil.

  5. Health and environmental impact of the petroleum industry

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    Waste oil in the form of motor oil. Waste oil is oil containing not only breakdown products but also impurities from use. Some examples of waste oil are used oils such as hydraulic oil, transmission oil, brake fluids, motor oil, crankcase oil, gear box oil and synthetic oil. [53] Many of the same problems associated with natural petroleum exist ...

  6. Hazardous waste in the United States - Wikipedia

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    In California, waste oil and materials that contain or are contaminated with waste oil are usually regulated as hazardous wastes if they meet the definition of "Used Oil" even if they do not exhibit any of the characteristics of hazardous waste. The term "used oil" is a legal term which means any oil that has been refined from crude oil, or any ...

  7. 'Roadspreading' returns: How Pa's oil industry quietly dumped ...

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    When asked whether the DEP's oil and gas division communicated its waste report change to the bureau of waste management in 2019, Shader said that the divisions communicate "on a regular basis to ...

  8. Waste bin lorries to be powered by vegetable oil - AOL

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    A Kent council's entire fleet of vehicles, including its household waste collection HGVs, is to be converted to run on low-emission renewable fuel.

  9. Gutter oil - Wikipedia

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    Collected food waste, sometimes used for the production of gutter oil. Gutter oil, trench oil, sewer oil, hogwash oil and tainted oil (Chinese: 地沟油 / 地溝油; pinyin: dìgōu yóu, or 餿水油; sōushuǐ yóu) are Chinese slang terms primarily used in China and Taiwan to refer to recycled oil.