Management of Used Industrial Oils in Spain: The SIGAUS Approach
The management of waste lubricants in Spain is a critical process that must adhere to both environmental sustainability and legal compliance. A key regulatory framework...
Author: Dr. Volkan Pelitli
The Role of Waste Oils in Supporting the Circular Economy: CYCLEVIA
France has taken an important step in managing waste oils without harming the environment and has developed a model that contributes to the understanding of...
Waste Oil Regeneration: The Italian Model
The success of extended producer responsibility programs is seen with striking examples in sectors where the circular economy concept is applied. In this context, the...
Waste Lubricants and Their Impacts on the Ecosystem and Health
Waste lubricants have emerged as one of the most pressing environmental issues of our time (Moses et al., 2023). Originating from industrial processes and vehicles...
Sustainability in Lubricants: The Bridge Between Performance and Environmental Responsibility
Today, lubricating oils are one of the most essential inputs to keep machinery and mechanical systems moving because they reduce friction, dissipate heat, prevent wear...
Eco-Labeling Programs for Lubricants
Today, many eco-label and eco-certification programs have been launched to validate green product claims, guide green purchasing, and enhance environmental performance standards. When implemented properly,...
Metal concentrations in waste engine oils
While gasoline and diesel engine oils, also called engine or crankcase oils, perform important and obvious functions such as reducing friction and wear on moving...
Can the amount of waste oil formation be estimated?
The main problem in the effective and sustainable management of waste oils is that the total annual amount of waste oil generation is not known...
Best available techniques (BAT) in waste oil refining
Waste management in the European Union is an important part of the transition to a circular economy and shaping waste policy is based on the...
Environmental management and pollution control in used oil refineries
Waste oil re-refineries are complex facilities where waste oils (halogen containing/non-halogen mineral based waste process oils, waste synthetic process oils, mineral chlorine containing/non-chlorine and synthetic...