Chemicals

Used motor oil never wears out, it just gets dirty and can be recycled, cleaned, and used again. Recycling used motor oil conserves a natural resource (oil) and is good for the environment too. Motor oil poured onto the ground or into storm drains, or tossed into trash cans (even in a sealed container) can contaminate and pollute the soil, groundwater, streams, and rivers and it`s illegal. According to the Albanian law, used oil is classified as dangerous waste that has to be disposed properly. Based on a registered fleet of approximately 400,000 vehicles, it is calculated that annually it is produced an amount approximately 2,500 tons of used oil that has to be disposed properly. About half of this amount is discharged in the environment, whereas the other half is mixed with other heavy oil and used for burning mostly in green house and cement factories. This project aims at establishing a Certified Collection Center that will be responsible for the disposal of the collected oil. The collected oil will be mixed with tar sands in an asphalt producing factory. The project is co financed by Regional Environmental Center (REC) and has full support from the Ministry of Environment. SGP will compensate 70% of the collection cost of 1 ton for a maximum of 500 tons of collected oil amounting in 8,125 $.

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