How to properly manage the waste engine oil?

Good storage of waste oil is very important for engine oil recycling. Why is the proper management of waste engine oil such an important issue? It is essential because waste engine oil contains metals, chlorinated hydrocarbons and other organic compounds, including many that are listed as priority pollutants by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. If the waste engine oil is mismanaged, the effects upon the environment will be detrimental. Since waste engine oil is generated in large quantities, estimating more than 1.5 billion gallons per year.

More than half of drivers change their waste motor oil by themselves. It is important to recycle waste oil in cars, trucks, motorcycles, yachts, recreational vehicles, or mowers. If you drive your car to the car service, you can be pretty sure that they will recycle the oil they change. 

Both waste oil and waste oil are essential resources. The waste oil you bring to the collection point can be recycled into new products for heating or asphalt production or used in power plants to generate electricity. Burning just two gallons of waste oil at a power plant can produce enough electricity to power an average home for 24 hours.

If you change the oil on your car, truck, motorcycle, boat, recreational vehicle or mower, be sure to handle it carefully and handle the used oil and recycle correctly. Follow these steps to clean and change oil, so as to prevent pollution and save energy, and realize a safer and healthier tomorrow.

Step 1: drain the oil

Pour the oil into an oil pan that can hold twice the capacity of the engine crankcase. When the engine temperature increases, drain the oil to ensure that all the sludge flows out smoothly. Please be careful that the oil will burn! Until the oil drops are slow to intermittent, replace the oil drain plug, and carefully move the oil pan to a position where the oil can be safely poured into the container.

Step 2: Carefully transfer the dirty oil

Using a funnel, pour the oil into a clean, leakproof container with a sealed lid - a hard plastic container like plastic milk can work well. Be careful not to overfill the container!

Do not place used oil in containers containing chemicals such as bleach, pesticides, paint, or antifreeze, which may contain residues of contaminated oil. Avoid paint cans and other metal containers. And then sealing the bottle and label it "used oil".

Power steering fluid, transmission fluid and brake fluid can also be brought to the old oil collection point in the separator container (do not mix with the old oil).

Never mix solvents, gasoline or antifreeze with used oil. Once polluted by these products, it is difficult or impossible to recover used oil. If your oil is contaminated, label the container and send it to your local household hazardous waste collection point for disposal. Don't take it to the oil recycle bin, where it may contaminate the oil tank, making the contents irrecoverable and expensive to handle.

Step 3: Drain the oil filter

With the used filter hole side down, drain the oil into the storage container for recycling. Allow the filter to drain overnight or at least 12 hours in order to remove oil.

Place the old filter in a leakproof container (coffee can with a lid or resealable plastic bag). The oil filter may contain 2 to 8 ounces of oil, even if drained!

Replace the old oil filter with a new one. In order to support the recycling program, oil filters are purchased from businesses that accept the recycling of used oil filters.

 The price of engine oil recycling machine is affordable. If you have any questions about Yangjiang’s equipment, please feel free to ask us, we will be happy to answer for you.