Making Good: Stages In Processing And Manufacturing

If you are producing waste oil from your industrial processes, proper management is a must to ensure it doesn't contaminate the environment. Waste oil can be quite hazardous to the environment if handled improperly. It can become ignitable, corrosive, toxic or reactive to the environment if it mixes with other hazardous waste due to poor handling. That is why observing best practices when handling waste oil is crucial to ensure safe collection or disposal. This piece looks deeply into some of these practices. Read on for more.

Compliance with Waste Oil Collection Regulations

Failure to follow the waste oil management and collection guidelines can attract heavy fines. These guidelines typically exist at both the local and state or territory level. And in most cases, local regulations will be stricter or stiffer than state and territory regulations. Therefore, check with your local council to ensure you follow all the regulations in place regarding waste oil management.

Proper Labelling

It's crucial to remember that, while the regulations on waste oil collection cover various components, it's usually best to pay extra attention to the guidelines on proper labelling of your waste oil storage containers. That's because different types of waste oil should be disposed of separately for safety reasons. Therefore, label your waste oil storage containers appropriately to ensure different oil types aren't mixed during collection. Proper labelling also keeps the waste oil from being mixed with other hazardous waste unintentionally.

Correct Storage Solutions

Poor waste oil storage can easily result in health and environmental concerns. Therefore, follow the correct waste oil storage procedures and use the right storage containers. You can choose from a range of storage solutions including tanks, containers, barrels, and drums. The frequency of waste oil collection in your plant, the kind of oil you need to be collected and the amount of waste oil your plant produces are among the top considerations to make when it comes to your choice of the waste oil storage container. Your waste oil storage containers should also be in a structurally-sound condition, so remember to inspect them regularly for rust and other structural defects and fix them immediately if there are any.

Recovery

Would you like to re-use your waste oil as an alternative fuel? You may be able to do so if the regulations allow. It's usually done in a process called recovery that involves laboratory analyses of the collected oil to determine whether it's suitable for reuse. Once assessed, the oil is treated accordingly to ensure it's safe for use as a fuel.

For more information about waste oil collection, contact a local company, like Wren Oil.