Waste Oil Disposal
Best Practices for Waste Oil Disposal It is important to observe the right procedures when handling and disposing of waste oil and used oil. Most people do not understand the difference between waste oil and used oil and more often they use these terms interchangeably. Despite the two labels identifying the same fluid, there is a substantial difference from a regulatory point of view. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency defines gives the following definition for used oil, “Used oil is any oil that has been refined from crude oil or any synthetic oil that has been used and as a …
