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Industry: Automotive Services
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To reduce the amount of waste going to landfills and recycle the steel in your filters, we crush and recycle your oil filter, so that the steel can be re-used to make things like buildings and bridges, and preventing the need mine and process an equivalent amount of steel.
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Reduce the amount of pollution that your car produces by recycling oil by Forest Hill Auto Service
Industry: All, Automotive Services
8 business doing it
We reduce the impact of the oil that your car has used by taking the oil to recyclers for later use, so that new oil won't have to be mined and refined to replace it.
Why is this good for your business?
Customers don't typically think about where their oil goes, but are happy to know we recycle their oil, especially when we break the cost out separately. You can also significantly reduce the amount of your heating bill, especially if you work where it's cold.
Why is this good for the environment?
Reduces energy usage., Reduces waste, Encourages reuse or recycling, Reduces usage of fossil fuels
How to Act
Reusing And Recycling Used Oil
- Instead of having it hauled off as a waste, used oil can be used as fuel for space heaters and industrial kilns, furnaces, and boilers. This practice can help you reduce your fuel and waste disposal bills.
- Small businesses in some cases can burn their own used oils or that from "do-it-yourselfers" (homeowners) as long as the shop heater does not exceed 500,000 British Thermal Units (BTUs) per hour (as comparison, an average-sized Montana service station needs a heater rated at approximately 100,000 BTUs per hour). The exhaust gases from the heater must be vented to the outside of the building.
- If you do not have a space heater in your shop, the next best option is to recycle your used oil. There are a number of companies in that will pick up your oil and transport it to a re-refining or reprocessing facility. You may also be able to purchase recycled oil for use in your shop from these same companies.