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oil seepage
FRANCE is the latest Europe country to introduce legislatii regulating the collection ai disposal of waste oil from aul motive users.
Under the new regulatio which became effective at t beginning of the year, it is offence to drain engine oil wil out taking adequate precautio to prevent it running into t sewage systems, rivers or se, into the ground.
It is also forbidden to use it unauthorised heating furnac( The new code provides for p nalties of up to three years p son and/or fines of 10,01 Francs.
All garages, filling statio and repair shops must now ci lect waste oil in designated cc tainers for sale to authoris dealers spread over 97 specie listed regions of the count' These disposals are then I turned to refineries for recyclii or burnt in approved instal tions.
France has an annual cc sumption of 500,000 tonnes engine oil, of which 175,0 tonnes are recoverable. Until cently over half this amount w illegally discharged into drai or waterways. The new rul( which should mean considi able environmental improv ment, will also benefit the a nomy as each tonne regenerated oil is said to mear saving of 400 Francs lappr £37) of foreign currency.
The scheme is financed by special tax on the sale of engi oil which has already been ci lected for almost two yea Other countries are also takit special environmental measur for the stricter control of waE oil disposal, In Switzerland, for instance, number of regional receptil points . are even equipped separate edible oils (for exam!: from chip pans) from industr waste.