338 Refining Used Lubricating Oils
9.2.22 used Oil ManageMent in scOtland
This report was commissioned by the Scottish Environmental Protection Agency
(Scottish EPA 2005) as a two-phase study whose primary objectives were to
quantify used mineral oils in 2003 in Scotland, to identify waste management
practices and infrastructure, and to assess alternative markets and technologies
for the treatment and disposal of mineral oil wastes. These wastes were identied
as being made up of two components: the used mineral oils together with oily
wastes which consisted of other waste materials that had been contaminated with
mineral oils. The rst phase would be a data-gathering exercise whereas the sec-
ond phase would use the data and information to ...