Recycling Auto Oil

Barberton Junk Cars is back with a new article relating to the auto scrap and recycling industry. BJC is a buyer of scrap cars that makes it simple to junk a car in Medina, Kenmore and Silver Lake. If you are wondering where to sell a junk car then look no further. To sell your junk car we highly recommend that you call our junk vehicle buyer at (330) 732-JUNK today! Regardless of where you sell your junk car, the buyer of scrap cars is ultimately responsible to insure that all hazardous materials are properly disposed of or recycled. This principle applies whether you junk a car in Medina, Cuyahoga Falls or Norton.

In the August 25, 2015 edition of kcchronicle.com a story titled ‘How to Recycle Oil’ was posted by Carmen Heflin with the following details: “Two hundred million gallons of used oil are improperly disposed of each year. Recycling just 2 gallons of used oil can generate enough electricity to run the average household for almost 24 hours. You decided to change the oil in your car yourself. Do you throw the oil in with the regular garbage? The used oil can be recycled into other uses and should not be disposed with regular garbage. Recycled oil can be refined into several uses such as lubricants, processed into fuel oils, and used as raw materials for the refining & petrochemical industries. In order to recycle used oil many items need to be removed including: water, insoluble items, dirt, heavy metals, nitrogen, chlorine, & oxygenated compounds. This becomes a product called “re-refined oil”, which must meet stringent performance standards.

The Environmental Protection Agency lists several benefits of recycling oil:

• Recycling used oil keeps it from polluting soil & water.
• Motor oil doesn’t wear out—it just gets dirty—so recycling it saves valuable resources.
• Less energy is needed to produce 1 gallon of re-refined base than a base stock from crude oil.

In order to protect the environment, it is important to properly recycle this valuable resource. Here are several tips to help you with the process:

• Don’t spill on the ground.
• Put used motor oil in a clean plastic container with a lid. Never store used oil in a container that once held chemicals or food/beverages.
• Don’t mix the oil with any antifreeze, solvent, or paint.
• Take used motor oil to a location that handles used motor oil for recycling.”

Those looking to junk a car in Medina, Wadsworth or New Franklin should know that we are where to sell a junk car. As a buyer of scrap cars, we recognize that the decision to sell your junk car is not easy, especially for the small amounts of cash that a buyer of scrap cars typically pays. When you decide where to sell a junk car it is critical that they are a reputable junk car hauler when it comes to protecting the environment. Nobody wants their vehicle being sold to cash for clunkers and contaminating drinking water and such.