Difference between revisions of "How to Recycle Oil"
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==Engine oil== | ==Engine oil== | ||
| − | Used engine oil may be burnt as heating fuel. | + | Used engine oil may be burnt as heating fuel. It also can be filtered or centrifuged to clarify it, and re-used as lubricating oil, but not in car engines, for which it now lacks all the necessary additives. |
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| − | It also can be filtered or centrifuged to clarify it, and re-used as lubricating oil | ||
==Vegetable oil== | ==Vegetable oil== | ||
| − | Vegetable oils are best re-used as food. Its also possible to use it as a diesel fuel replacement in 2 possible ways: | + | Vegetable oils are best re-used as food and in cooking. Its also possible to use it as a diesel fuel replacement in 2 possible ways: |
| − | * as it is, as | + | * as it is, as waste vegetable oil (WVO); or |
* via conversion to biodiesel. | * via conversion to biodiesel. | ||
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Vegetable oil is also effective as a lubricant for short term undemanding jobs. Over time it congeals solid, acting more like glue than lubricant. | Vegetable oil is also effective as a lubricant for short term undemanding jobs. Over time it congeals solid, acting more like glue than lubricant. | ||
Revision as of 10:32, 18 June 2009
Engine oil
Used engine oil may be burnt as heating fuel. It also can be filtered or centrifuged to clarify it, and re-used as lubricating oil, but not in car engines, for which it now lacks all the necessary additives.
Vegetable oil
Vegetable oils are best re-used as food and in cooking. Its also possible to use it as a diesel fuel replacement in 2 possible ways:
- as it is, as waste vegetable oil (WVO); or
- via conversion to biodiesel.
Vegetable oil is also effective as a lubricant for short term undemanding jobs. Over time it congeals solid, acting more like glue than lubricant.
Animal fats
Animal fats in too poor a condition to be used as food or animal feed can be turned into soap with some basic processing.
