We see a lot of garages in our line of work, at facilities all across the US. There's on huge issue which I've been harping on for years, and it has to do with oil and how it relates to environmental compliance issues.
The question is; used oil vs. waste oil - what's the difference?
Well the short answer is a lot.
For facilities or operations with a big fleet of vehicles, you're bound to have a garage. In the garage, on the yard, or anywhere those trucks are used, you're bound to find new oil for the trucks. Where does the old, used oil go? It's normally held onsite in a container, either to be burned in a heating unit, trucked offsite, or some held for other use. These tanks more often than not are labelled waste oil - or worse yet, not labelled at all, and described as the waste oil tank.
Almost every time I find out it's not a tank for waste oil, but a tank holding used oil. Who cares?! As long as your tanks are listed in your SPCC Plan, what's the difference what's inside the tank? Is this a question of wording, or is there really a difference between used oil & waste oil?
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