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NORA has learned that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator signed on Tuesday the "Final Definition of Solid Waste Rule". According to EPA, the rule will encourage the safe and beneficial recycling of hazardous secondary materials. The new rule streamlines the regulation of these materials while limiting the streamlined requirements tospecific, legitimate recycling activities. The rule should be published in the Federal Register within the next two weeks.  ...

Bango Oil plans to double its capacity with the addition of a third process heater and two cooling towers after it receives state and county approval. The oil re-refining facility, located about 13 miles west of Fallon off U.S. Highway 50 on Bango Road, submitted an application to the Nevada Department of Environmental Protection — Bureau of Air Pollution Control to revise its air quality operating permit. The revised permit is for new construction at the facility and the revised ...

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August 14, 2008. OSS Group - one of the UK's largest oil recycling companies - has urged the Government to reconsider its plan to introduce a new tax on all waste derived fuel oil from this November. The Merseyside-based firm object to the levy on the fuel, which is currently free of tax, as the company believes it could potentially remove the incentive for companies to use recycled waste oil. The taxation, which OSS claim has gained some support among MPs, would tax waste derived ...

Berea, Ohio, May 5, 2008 – The Lube Stop, Inc. (Lube Stop), Northeast Ohio’s largest independently owned quick oil change company, today announced the addition of the EcoGuard oil change service to its existing conventional, high mileage, and full synthetic oil change services. The EcoGuard service uses Lyden Oil Company’s ProGuard ECO Motor Oil made from re-refined base oil stocks that meets or exceeds all manufacturer requirements and current ILSAC, API and U.S. Military certifications.  ...

HOUSTON, TX - On July 3, 2008, Daytona 500 winner Kevin Harvick waved the green flag, kicking off the Pennzoil Clean Change Campaign -- a nationwide campaign encouraging do-it-yourself oil changers to properly clean-up by recycling their used oil and pledge to maintain a clean environment. The kick-off event took place in Daytona in the midst of all of the pre-race excitement at a local Wal-Mart Tire and Lube Express. "Each week when I step out of the No. 29 car after the race is finished, ...

Canada - Two university students are on a mission to spread oil-recycling awareness across B.C. this summer. As Ambassadors of the B.C. Used Oil Management Association (BCUOMA), Amy Cheung and Linnaea Wiseman, both Communications students at SFU, are helping spread the word about proper oil recycling, informing residents of Chilliwack about the 15 registered recycling facilities locally and the general public about the 520 facilities taking part province-wide. "One litre of oil can ...

DES MOINES - West Branch middle-school students Andrea Mundell and Marisa Kaufman got to see their science project become state law on Monday. Mundell, 12, Kaufman, 13, and 15 of their classmates accompanied their science teacher Hector Ibarra to the state Capitol to witness Gov. Chet Culver sign into law two bills that they had a hand in bringing to the attention of state lawmakers this year. Ibarra and his students were looking for ways to take hazardous materials out of Iowa ...

NORA Member Environmental Resource Associates announces the availability of a new natural line of absorbent. An eco-friendly line of absorbent pads made of natural plant by-products, and featuring woven construction, has been introduced by Oil Eater. Designed to provide a safer and cleaner workplace, they help companies to meet OSHA and EPA requirements. The line includes Oil Only Pads and Rolls, Universal Pads and Rolls and Absorbent Socks. The pads will absorb up to 20 ...

Partnering with the environmental award-winning oil recycler, Oil Re-Refining Company, Oregon HEAT is ramping up a new and different kind of statewide oil donation program. This endeavor will help ease the burden on low-income Oregonians who face volatile heating oil prices, all while reducing petroleum waste products in Oregon. The oil program also helps Oregon HEAT and its partners reach more at-risk families and expand service to new areas of Oregon. “The recent ...

In recognition of significant waste diversions achieved from October 2006 through September 2007, the Arnold Engineering Development Center received the Government Recycler of the Year award on January 18 from the Tennessee Recycling Coalition. In her award notification to AEDC, Gail Randolph, Chair for TRC Awards stated, "The men and women at AEDC provide an outstanding service to our nation in testing for our future air and space systems and supporting the war on terror. While ...

The biodiesel industry in Germany is nearing a state of collapse because of a tax increase that kicked in at the first of the year, according to a report on Reuters. Biodiesel refiners in Germany are only producing at 10 percent capacity, according to the Reuters story from a European biodiesel conference. That's down from 20 percent the year before. Because of the downturn, some biodiesel manufacturers are taking apart their factories and selling the equipment to manufacturers in ...

Attempts to cut the red tape governing recycled waste vegetable oil have been broadly welcomed by Europe's largest environmental technology trade association as a "positive step". However, the Environmental Industries Commission - which represents 320 environmental technology and service bodies - has criticized some elements of the biodiesel Quality Protocol being developed by the Environment Agency and WRAP. In particular, it is warning that a company recycling oil into biodiesel under ...

In South Africa last year, over R1-million was paid out in environmental incentives (EIs) for used oil collections between March and August, says the Recycling Oil Saves the Environment (Rose) Foundation. The Foundation targets the used oil industry with the aim of increasing environmental compliance and encouraging oil collectors and recyclers to operate in a safe and responsible manner in the oil industry, through the use of environmental incentives. National Oil Recycling ...

Last week, the California Integrated Waste Management Board launched a campaign to urge California motorists not to change their oil every 3,000 miles, as is often recommended by lube shops or car dealerships. The goal is to go green by going longer until that next oil change. According to a recent survey, a lot of oil gets thrown away needlessly, said Jamie Cameron-Harley, a spokeswoman for the waste board. Three-quarters of Californians change oil more often than they should.  ...

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On December 5, 2007, Siemens Water Technologies reached a deal with Formento de Construcciones y Contratas, S.A. (FCC) of Madrid, Spain for the sale of its Hydrocarbon Services Group. The deal is expected to close on January 31,2008. The unit will do business as FCC Environmental.

Heartland Petroleum LLC is pleased to announce that they have received their PTI permit from the Ohio EPA and have already broken ground on their new 15 million gallon per year oil refining facility. The new plant will be located in Columbus, Ohio and will produce a group II plus base oil. The construction should be completed and the plant in full operation by May 2008.

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