API Publ 1835:1997 pdf download.Study of Used Motor Oil Recycling in Eleven Selected Countries.
Waste Oil Ordinance of 1987 (Altoelverordnung)
In 1987, the German federal government drafted the Waste Oil Ordinance (Alioelverordnung), replacing the Used Oil Law of 1968 and supplementing the general rules set forth under the Waste Law of 1986.
Under German law, consumers are required to return all used motor oil to designated collection sites, from which it is collected for reprocessing, burning, or disposal, depending on the contamination level of the substance. Previously, taxes and subsidies were used to finance the transportation and disposal costs associated with used motor oil recycling. However, the Waste Oil Ordinance adopted in 1987 did away with any government-sponsored subsidy or rebate programs. The German government believed that because there was such high compliance with the law, taxes and subsidies were no longer needed.
The regulations associated with this act revised the definition of used oil to include internal combustion engine oil, transmission oil, miriral motor and transmission oils, and any oils that, “because of the products from which they are derived and where they appear. can be considered for reprocessing.”28 In addition, the new ordinance forbade mixing used oil with foreign substances. This was to discourage collectors from contaminating the oil with other substances in order to avoid paying handling and disposal fees for the other substances. In order to help regulate the reprocessing and recycling of used oil, the federal government licensed used motor oil recycling and reusing plants under the Federal Emissions Control Act (Bundesimmissionsschuizgeseiz).
The Waste Oil Ordinance also changed the regulations associated with the collection of waste oils. The key sections arc numbers 8 to 11
8. Any person or facility that sells unused oil must accept, without charge, a quantity of used engine or transmission oil, equal to any quantity of unused oil they deliver themselves. This applies either when the buyer purchases unused oil in the same quantity as that which is being turned in, or when the buyer can provide evidence of having purchased the same quantity at an earlier date.
9. Sellers of lubricants must display a notice of the requirements for proper disposal of used motor or transmission oil. This can be done either on the packaging of the product or at the point of sale. If the seller is catering to private users of the product, the seller also must indicate the location of the collction site for the used oil at the point of sale to
encourage DIYs to return the used motor oil for recycling.
API Publ 1835:1997 pdf download
