RECYCLING WASTE
LUBRICATING OILS

WHAT IS WASTE LUBRICATING OILS (W.L.O)

WHAT IS WASTE LUBRICATING OILS (W.L.O)

These are used internal combustion engine oils, hydraulic and industrial oils, metal processing oils, transformer oils (without PCBs ), etc., or as stated in article 2 of the P.Decree. 82 "any industrial or lubricating oil of mineral or synthetic or mixed base which has become unsuitable for the use for which it was originally intended...".

BECAUSE THE PROPER MANAGEMENT OF WLOs IS NECESSARY

It is noted that Waste Lubricating Oils (WLOs) are particularly dangerous waste because they contain:

heavy metals,

they must not escape into the atmosphere or the water table because they are toxic and carcinogenic.

Polycyclic Aromatic
Hydrocarbons

in a percentage >3 % wt carcinogenic compounds in simple contact with the skin.

Chlorinated compounds
(not PCBs ),

during their burning, dioxins and furans are produced .

Sulfur in percentages of
0,6–1,0 %wt

much higher than conventional fuels.

For this reason, they have been categorized in accordance with Decision 2000/532/EC, as amended by Decisions
2001/118/EC, 2001/119/EC and 2001/573/EC of the EC Commission. [European List of Waste (E.K.A.)], as Hazardous Waste.

The uncontrolled management of WLO creates major problems:

In the Environment
Soil pollution

Soil pollution

Water table pollution (surface & underground water)

Water table pollution (surface & underground water)

Air pollution

Air pollution

In Public Health
Carcinogenesis

Carcinogenesis

Neurological, circulatory and respiratory problems

Neurological, circulatory and respiratory problems

HOW THEY ARE MANAGED

HOW THEY ARE MANAGED

Waste Lubricating Oil (WLO) is managed in accordance with the Waste Management Hierarchy, as defined in the European Directive 2008/98/EC. All Waste Lubricating Oils collected in Greece are sent to Regeneration.

Waste Lubricating Oils (WLOs) are temporarily stored at their Production Points (Workshops-Gas Stations, Industries, Port Organizations, etc.) in appropriate tanks and are not mixed with other waste. The owners of the waste are obliged to deliver it to collectors who have a license to collect and transport Waste Lubricating Oils, and a cooperation agreement with the ENDIALE alternative management system. Collectors, for their part, have the obligation to issue a Waste Lubricating Oil Identification Form for each receipt of waste, which they deliver to the Point from where they received the waste. The Waste Lubricating Oils, after collection from the Production Points, are taken by the Collectors to one of the ENDIALE Collection Centers where a qualitative-quantitative check is carried out and the details of the Identification Forms accompanying the waste are recorded.

Through the identification forms, it is possible to track the progress of the waste from the point of production to its final management in Waste Lubricating Oil Regeneration units. In the ENDIALE Collection centers, in addition to the aforementioned, the collectors are provided with the possibility of temporary storage of the waste at no cost, before being taken by the Collectors to one of the regeneration units cooperating with ENDIALE. The final management of WLO is carried out in ENDIALE contracted Waste Lubricant Oil Regeneration units, where the waste is subjected to treatment from which a base oil is produced, which is used for the production of new oil products.

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