How Waste Oil Heating Can Solve The Problem Of “Cradle To Grave” Liability
If your business generates some form of waste oil—such as used motor oil, used crankcase oil, used hydraulic oil, used automatic transmission fluid, or other used petroleum products—you’re on the hook to dispose of it according to federal government requirements — and waste oil heating can help.
With cleanup and disposal control of waste oil your responsibility from “cradle to grave,” you must make sure it’s handled it in a way that’s compliant with the EPA’s hazardous waste management standards. Improper disposal of waste oil can wreak havoc on the ecosystem and might subject you to hefty fines and legal action.
You can dispose of waste oil in different ways, including paying an authorized third party to haul it from your site and dispose of it. But you need to be sure that resource is following all the rules and properly handling the used oil because you’re still ultimately responsible for safe management of the oil you’ve generated—even when the disposal is essentially out of your control.
Why worry about that when there’s a better way?
Waste Oil Heating: A Smarter Way To Manage Your Used Oil
By investing in a waste oil furnace and burning your used oil as fuel, you’ll have the peace of mind that you’re complying with the federal government’s rules. When you burn waste oil onsite, you don’t have to rely on a third party to dispose of it properly, nor do you run the risks of improperly disposing it on your own.
Not only that, you’ll also reap the financial benefits of producing free heat for your facility. That can lead to some big energy savings for your business.
For every gallon of free waste oil burned, you can save:
- $4.82 in electric heat costs
- $2.82 in natural gas costs
- $4.22 in fuel oil costs
- $5.05 in propane costs
Cha ching! That can add up and make a huge difference on your business’s bottom line.
Put “Cradle To Grave” Concerns To Rest
Ready to put the hassles and headaches of disposing of your waste oil behind you? Contact us to learn more about waste oil heating. As a manufacturer of state-of-the-art waste oil furnaces and boilers suited for businesses of all sizes, we’re here to answer your questions and help you assess whether waste oil heating is the right choice for your company.
