just curious about recycle oil and where it goes

[coach477]

What happens to all the oil we recycle. Seems like a lot. What is being done with all those gallons and gallons of recycled oil?

 

[Shannow]

Typically burned as fuel. Which is good, that's virgin crude that doesn't get burned in it's place.

Some gets recycled back into lubricants.

 

[Voltmaster]

http://nextgen.valvoline.com/
some goes here

and what shannow said.

 

[TiredTrucker]

Safety Kleen recycles a LOT of oil back to engine oils again. Northland is another outfit that recycles a lot of oils back to various lube products.

 

[JDW]

The oil I turn in is used for Asphalt I have been told .

 

[2004tdigls]

http://www.safety-kleen.com/products-services/oil-solutions

this is sold in Canada as Wal-Mart supertech and other "house brands", pretty good oil too

 

[Jiblet]

Originally Posted By: JDW
The oil I turn in is used for Asphalt I have been told .


I remember, as recently as the 1980s, seeing used oil sprayed onto dirt roads to keep the dust down. This was around New England logging roads.

 

[Ken2]

Some is also used as cutter stock to thin heavy fuel oil.

Properly re-refined oil has been hydroprocessed to convert the oxidized parts back to saturated base oil. It can be OK. Many government fleets use re-refined oil, and their results are good. The old method of just filtering and re-additizing old oil wasn't good, and may be ancient history.

 

[PReal]

I've got around 4 cases of safety clean ecopower sm oil around the house in my stash. Seems to run fine in all my cars.