I was talkin to my kid yesterday about this as we were addin another 5 gallons to the collection. What the hell do they do with all this recycled oil. I've never seen it on the shelves for sale. I got 30 gallons of it sittin in the barn right now from just the last few months and I'm tired of just givin it away, I want to do somethin with it.

Last year I tried mixin it with the diesel fuel for the salamander heater, didn't work so well. Just a warning to anybody else that thinks to much out there, don't try this at home. What a mess that was. It didn't burn, it just spit out all over the shop floor.

So what can I use this for and where does it go after we turn it in.

 

good question??????

 

Forgot to mention, what about hydraulic fluid also. I'll have another 20 gallons of that here shortly to.

 

Ive seen recycled oil on the shelves.

I think they blend it with virgin oil to get rid of it.

 

its called castrol

 

well this actually made me wanna look it up and it seems like the aussies have better info and usage programs for recycled oil

U.S.: http://www.recycleoil.org/
4. What is recycled motor oil used for?

Used motor oil can be reprocessed into fuel that can be used in furnaces for heat, or in power plants to generate electricity for homes, schools and businesses. It can also be used in industrial and utility boilers, blended for marine fuels, and other uses. Used motor oil can also be re-refined into lubricating oils that meet the same API specifications as virgin motor oil.

Aussie: http://www.oilrecycling.gov.au/what-happens.html
Even gets into the process of how the recycle it
What Happens to Your Recycled Used Oil
Used oil, or 'sump oil' as it is sometimes called, should not be thrown away. Although it gets dirty, used oil can be cleaned of contaminants so it can be recycled again and again. There are many uses for recycled used oil. These include:


Industrial burner oil, where the used oil is dewatered, filtered and demineralised for use in industrial burners;
Mould oil to help release products from their moulds (e.g. pressed metal products, concrete);
Hydraulic oil;
Bitumen based products;
An additive in manufactured products; or
Re-refined base oil for use as a lubricant, hydraulic or transformer oil.
Once you have taken your used oil to your local collection facility, used oil collectors take the used oil and undertake some pre-treatment and recycling of the used oil or sell it to a specialised used oil recycler.

 

Mine gets filtered, mixed with 2-stroke oil and burned in the trucks at about a 60-to-1 treat rate.

 

what have you found to be the best/easiest way to filter the oil?

 

They burn it in waste oil shop heaters up here

 

Not to change the subject but Safety Clean no longer wants our old filters crushed at work. We throw them in a container until they pick them up so they can wash them and reuse them. Dont know hows thats going to work.