Why used oil is harmful to the environment?
Used oil is classified as a hazardous substance because of all the harmful chemicals that contaminate it through use.
A release of used oil to the environment, whether by accident or otherwise, threatens ground and surface waters with oil contamination thereby endangering drinking water supply and aquatic organisms.
If oil is thrown into the drain or onto the ground, it can seep into ground water systems. If unprocessed used oil is burnt in furnaces, harmful toxic compounds are emitted into the atmosphere, polluting the air we breathe.
It is illegal to dump used oil or burn it without processing it first.
We collect the following:
Engine Oil | Gearbox Oil | Hydraulic Oil
we collect oil in various areas:
Gauteng | Northern Province | North West Province | Mpumalanga | Limpopo | Free State
We do not collect:
Anti-freeze | Solvents | Thinners | Petrol
Partners and certification:
Topaz is a member in good standing of the ROSE (Recycling Oil Saves the Environment) foundation.
ROSE is a non-profit organisation set up by the producers of lubrication oil in South Africa to facilitate and incentives the recovery, transporting and storing of used motor oil.
www.rosefoundation.org.za
Membership No: RF 025306
One litre of used oil can contaminate 1 000 000 litres of water.