Ecobreves – ECUADOR: A Solution for Used Oil

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QUITO, Jan 13 2002 (IPS) - An agreement between the Telecommunications, Potable Water and Sewerage Enterprise (ETAPA) and the Pro-Environment Foundation, in the southern Ecuadorian city of Cuenca, is intended to foment a 40-percent increase in the collection of used motor oil, which is then disposed of in an environmentally friendly way. Since November, the used oil has been incinerated at the National Cement company in a process that does not pollute the environment, according to ETAPA.

It is a safe process, says the firm, because the incinerator temperatures surpass 1,600 degrees, ensuring the complete combustion and elimination of contaminants contained in the oil, such as dioxins