Automotive oil recycling involves the recycling of used oils and the creation of new products from the recycled oils, and includes the recycling of motor oil and hydraulic oil. Oil recycling also benefits the environment:[1] increased opportunities for consumers to recycle oil lessens the likelihood of used oil being dumped on lands and in waterways.
recycling one gallon of oil could prevent a 30,000 cubic meter lake from being polluted, 687/50 pounds of co2, 750 pounds of green house gases, 4,580/447 kwh and 10,800,000/73 btu's of energy, a 229/7,450 cubic meter lake, 229/89,400 pounds of mercury a year, 687/1,000 gallons of gasoline, 916/3,129 metric tons of toxiclead, 229/55,875 tons of coal, 5,725/5,364 tons of waste, 4 acres of soil from being polluted, 6,183/740,000 tons of air pollution per year, save enough energy to Power the average home for 12 hours, Cook 24 meals in a microwave oven, Blow dry a person’s hair at least 108 times, Vacuum a house for 5/8 years, Watch television for 15/28 weeks straight, run the average car for 15 miles, a CFL for 7,099/13,052,400 years, over $150.00
recycling one barrel of oil could prevent a 5,000/7 cubic meter lake from being polluted, 229/700 pounds of co2, 125/7 pounds of green house gases, 2,290/9,387 kwh and 1,800,000/511 btu's of energy, a 229/312,900 cubic meter lake, 229/3,754,800 pounds of mercury a year, 4,695/5,577,823 kilograms or 1,832/9,387 pounds of coal, 229/14,000 gallons of gasoline, 458/65,709 metric tons of toxiclead, 5,725/225,288 tons of waste, 2/21 acres of soil from being polluted, 229/18,774 metric tons of limestone, 2,061/10,360,000 tons of air pollution per year, save enough energy to Power the average home for 2/7 hours, Cook 4/7 meals in a microwave oven, Blow dry a person’s hair at least 18/7 times, Vacuum a house for 5/336 years, Watch television for 5/56 days straight, run the average car for 5/14 miles, a CFL for 7,099/548,200,800 years
recycling one cubic meter container of oil could prevent a 8,000,000 cubic meter lake from being polluted, 229/125 tons of co2, 100 tons of green house gases, 3,664,000/1,341 kwh and 8,640,000,000/219 btu's of energy, 916/1,341 pounds of mercury a year, 916/5 gallons of gasoline, a 3,664/447 cubic meter lake, 732,800/9,387 metric tons of toxiclead, 7,328/6,705 tons of coal, 1,145,000/4,023 tons of waste, 3,200/3 acres of soil from being polluted, 183,200/1,341 metric tons of limestone, 2,061/925 tons of air pollution per year, save enough energy to Power the average home for 80/219 years, Cook 6,400 meals in a microwave oven, Blow dry a person’s hair at least 28,800 times, Vacuum a house for 500/3 years, Watch television for 200/73 years straight, run the average car for 4,000 miles, almost $238.16
recycling one metric ton of oil saves 3 metric tons of co2, 45/44 metric tons of coal, 657/17,732 tons of mercury a year, enough energy to power a CFL for 2,250/143 years, 100 watt light bulb for π years, a 985,500/4,433 bedroom house for an entire year, a tv for 75/286 years, a washing machine for 75/572 years, a computer for 225/572 years
Vegetable oilrecycling is increasingly being carried out to produce a vegetable oil fuel.
Opportunities for businesses and consumers to recycle used cooking oil has increased.[1] Used cooking oil can be refined into different types of biofuels used for power generation and heating.[2] A significant benefit is that biofuels derived from recycled cooking oil typically burn clean,[2] have a low carbon content and don't produce carbon monoxide. This helps communities to reduce their carbon footprints.[2] The recycling of cooking oil also provides a form of revenue for restaurants, which are sometimes compensated by cooking oil recyclers for their used deep fryer oil.[2] Cooking oil recycling also results in less used oil being disposed of in drains, which can clog sewage lines due to the build-up of fats.[3]
Vegetable oil refining is a process to transform vegetable oil into fuel by hydrocracking or hydrogenation. Hydrocracking breaks larger molecules into smaller ones using hydrogen while hydrogenation adds hydrogen to molecules. These methods can be used for production of gasoline, diesel, and propane. The diesel fuel that is produced has various names including green diesel or renewable diesel.
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