Recycle Used Motor Oil
In the U.S., more than 120 million gallons of used oil is dumped into storm drains, sewers, back yards and trash cans. Much of this will contaminate streams, rivers, lakes and precious groundwater. According to the American Petroleum Institute (http://recycleoil.org), recycling just two gallons of used oil it can generate enough electricity to run the average household for almost 24 hours. There are many practical uses for used motor oil. A primary use is to re-refine it into a base stock for lubricating oil. This process is very similar to the refining of crude oil. The result is that the re-refined oil is of as high a quality as a virgin oil product. In fact, re-refining used oil takes from 50 to 85 percent less energy than refining crude oil.
A secondary use of the used oil is to burn it for energy. Large industrial boilers can efficiently burn the used oil with minimum pollution. As a result some used oil is sent to power plants or cement kilns to be burned as fuel. On a smaller scale small quantities of used oil are burned in specially designed heaters to provide space heating for small businesses.
Did you know that used oil has to be disposed of at a registered collection center? For dozens of municipalities throughout the U.S, Jiffy Lube (http://community.jiffylube.com) is the designated oil collection center. Each year, we send millions of gallons of used oil to federally approved recycling centers to be turned into important materials used to create paper products and asphalt for our roads. Contact your local Jiffy Lube service center (http://locations.jiffylube.com)
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