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- ARTICLE 3:
- “Where technical, economic and
organizational constraints so allow, Member States shall take the
measures necessary to give priority to the processing of waste oils by
regeneration.”
- ARTICLE 14:
- “Indemnities may be granted to
collection and/or disposal undertakings for the service granted. The amount of these indemnities must
be such as not to cause any significant distortion of competition or to
give rise to artificial patterns of trade in the product.”
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- SEVERAL PROVEN TECHNOLOGIES EXIST
TO REGENERATE QUALITY BASE
OIL FROM WASTE
OIL
- REGENERATION IS PROFITABLE BY
50,000 TONS OF
WASTE OIL PER
YEAR
- CAPITAL COSTS ARE
A SUBSTANTIAL INVESTMENT BARRIER
- MAIN ADMINISTRATIVE CONSTRAINT IS MEMBER STATE
NON-ADAPTION OF REGENERATION PRIORITY
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- INDEMNITIES COULD BE
GRANTED IN THE
FORM OF MEMBER
STATE OR EU
INVESTMENT GUARANTEES
- MINERAL OIL TAX
IS MAIN CAUSE
FOR NON-COLLECTION
AND ILLEGAL BURNING OF 1
MILLION TONS WASTE
OIL PER YEAR
IN EU MEMBER
STATES
- SIGNIFICANT DISTORTION IS
CAUSED BY TAX
FREE BURNING OF
WASTE OIL IN
MEMBER STATES
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- Used Oil Feedstock (Collection)
- Contract/Buy from Collectors
- Own Collection
- Re-Refining Technology (Processing)
- Chemical Treatment/Solvent Extraction
- Thinfilm evaporator/Hydrofinishing
- Propane Extraction
- Marketing of Oil Products (Sales)
- Base Oils
- Base Oil Raffinates
- Cat Cracker Feedstock
- Fuels
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- “LUBE OIL NEVER WEARS OUT, IT ONLY BECOMES CONTAMINATED AND HAS TO BE
REPLACED.”
- IT IS NOT THE OIL MOLECULES THAT ARE DESTROYED DURING USAGE, THEY JUST
GET CONTAMINATED BY WATER, DUST, FUEL, COMBUSTION PRODUCTS, HEAVY
METALS, OXIDATION PRODUCTS AND DEGRADED ADDITIVES, RENDERING LUBRICANT
UNABLE TO PERFORM ITS DUTY.
- USED LUBE OIL CAN BE REGENERATED BY SEPARATING THE BASE OIL FROM THE
CONTAMINANTS.
- REGENERATED USED LUBE OIL WITH MODERN TECHNOLOGY REQUIRES ONE FIFTH OF THE ENERGY AND
ONE THIRD OF THE CAPITAL REQUIRED TO PRODUCE LUBE BASE FROM CRUDE OIL.
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