[Oil
(USed)- Collection & Disposal]
Debate
No. 5 of 29.04.08
OIL
(USED) – COLLECTION & DISPOSAL
(No. B/361) Mr J. C. Barbier (Third Member for GRNW &
Port Louis West) asked the Minister of Environment &
National Development Unit whether, in regard to used oil, he
will state –
(a)
who are collecting same, and
(b)
how is it being disposed of or being treated.
Reply: I am advised that two companies, namely Ecofuel
Ltd and Virgin Oil Co. Ltd have been granted EIA licences for
the processing of used oil.
In addition, the company AEL DDS Ltd has been
authorised by my Ministry to transport used oil.
Used oil transported by Ecofuel Ltd and AEL DDS Ltd are
disposed at the facility of Ecofuel Ltd at Pointe aux Sables.
The used oil undergoes physical treatment involving
sedimentation, heating and centrifugation to produce a
clarified oil. This
recycled oil is then sold by Ecofuel Ltd which blends it with
virgin oil to produce boiler fuel.
Keywords: used oil,
disposal, treatment, EIA, boiler fuel
