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"GREEN" NEWS * Canada - Ontario bans burning used oil for heat
Ontario's Liberal government is banning the burning of used oil in space heaters
Toronto,ONT,CAN -Today's Trucking -3 July 2007: -- ... a practice employed in many industries, including at trucking fleets... Environment Minister Laurel Broten said the ban applies to facilities in southern Ontario only and will come into force on June 1, 2009, to allow businesses to adjust to the new regulation and to divert their used oil rather than discharging it into the environment... About 700 facilities throughout Ontario, such as automotive service stations, dealerships, trucking fleet operators and construction businesses, burn about 10 million litres of used oil annually for heat -- the equivalent of 2.5 million oil changes... Used oil can be effectively re-used or re-refined into new lubricating oil. In certain industrial applications, used oil can be reclaimed and effectively re-used almost indefinitely. The ban will add to the 150 million litres that are currently being re-refined annually in Ontario...
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