On December 2, 2009, Wisconsin Governor Jim Doyle signed a bill into law that prohibits the disposal in Wisconsin landfills of used oil filters and materials that have been used to absorb spent or used engine oil, like socks, oil dry, mats, etc. This ban takes effect in December or 2010.
While the majority of oil filters and oil-absorbent materials are still non-hazardous, the Governor felt that this new law would better protect Wisconsin's citizens and resources by encouraging the increased recycling of oil filters from the present rate of about 20% and oil-absorbent materials from the present rate of about 3% and by decreasing the potential risk impact to groundwater that oily wastes can pose.
As a leading processor and recycler of used oils and oily waste, AWS already offers our clients the safety and responsibility that Wisconsin's new law seeks to encourage and increase. We annually convert hundreds of thousands of tons of these wastes into clean, reusable energy-producing materials.
In addition in this post. If you want to dispose of hazardous waste by landfilling it then you need to ensure that the waste will go to the correctly authorised site for treatment and disposal.
Posted by: 30 hour osha training course | June 27, 2011 at 09:44 AM
Excellent post here! for me proper disposal of this waste material like oil filter help our environment to reduce the hazardous chemical. good thing that the Wisconsin have this bill.
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Posted by: Mark Rubino | March 05, 2010 at 07:23 AM