Sludge Watch ==> Ontario Ministry bans burning used motor oil - but gives permit to Lafarge!

[Maureen Reilly]

Sludgewatch Admin:

Well isn't this cozy?  The Ontario Ministry of the Environment gives Lafarge 
Cement Bath Ontario permission to burn used oil....and then bans burning of 
used oil except for those companies it already permitted!

And the Ministry is also allowing Lafarge to burn animal meal despite 
documentation that this can lead to corruption of the quality of the 
cement...and Lafarge has already  been successfully convicted of supplying 
contaminated and substandard product that resulted in a crumbling 
subdivision in Ottawa Ontario.

This Minister of the Environment is supporting the big nasty burning 
companies - like these cement kilns that have no air pollution control 
devices to collect mercury etc - and holding up the implementation of clean 
biomass energy projects.


Here is the permit:

http://www.waterkeeper.ca/content/fish/ministry_of_environment_approv.php

Here is the story on how burning used oil will be banned:

http://www.hazmatmag.com/issues/isarticle.asp?id=64153&issue=01102007&PC=HM&story_id=&link_targ=DailyNews&link_source=aypr_HM

Lafarge Brookfield is now set to start burning tires as well as used oil in 
Halifax,  but continues to contend that its cement kiln dust (already 
contaminated with Thallium) mixed with sewage sludge makes a good 
'fertilizer'.



The Ontario Government is leading the Province back into the last century!

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Ontario bans burning of used motor oil

On Thursday, January 11, 2007 at 11:00 am, at the Safety Kleen plant in 
Breslau, Ontario (300 Woolwich St. South), Ontario's Minister of the 
Environment Laurel Broten will announce a draft regulation with the intent 
of banning the practice of burning used motor oil in space heaters. 
Currently, about 10 million litres of used oil generated in the province is 
burned in over 700 space heaters, primarily in Southern Ontario.

The ban will protect health, improve air quality and encourage recycling. 
Minister Broten will be joined by Fred Florjancic, President and CEO of 
Safety Kleen Systems Inc. Safety-Kleen Canada Inc., Canada's largest used 
motor oil re-refiner and collector of used oil, used oil filters and 
industrial solvents, has won the Recycling Council of Ontario's Platinum 
Sustainable Technology Award for its used motor oil re-refining operations 
in Breslau, Ontario (near Kitchener-Waterloo).

Re-using and recycling of energy intensive materials can make an enormous 
contribution to reducing waste, energy consumption and greenhouse gas 
emissions while creating jobs and investment in local economies.

Re-refining used lubricating oil has the following environmental and 
economic benefits:

-- Reduces Canada's dependence on crude oil as a non-renewable natural 
resource. Local automotive facilities become "oil wells" which supply used 
oil that is processed in a closed-loop, back into high quality motor oil. 
This reduces Canada's dependency on crude oil;

-- Reduces Ontario's greenhouse gas emissions by almost 500,000 tonnes. An 
alternative use of used oil is burning it as a waste derived fuel. The 
combination of reducing "upstream" requirements for crude oil and avoiding 
emissions from burning used oil as a waste derived fuel means that the 147 
million litres of used oil re-refined by Safety-Kleen in Breslau, Ontario in 
2005 resulted in the avoidance of almost 500,000 tonnes of greenhouse gas 
emissions -- the equivalent of taking 100,000 cars off of the road.

-- Reduces heavy metal and other toxic emissions to the air. Re-refining 147 
million litres of used motor oil rather than burning it without pollution 
controls avoids emissions of toxic substances that are deleterious to human 
health and the environment. These emissions reductions include particulate 
emissions, sulfur dioxide, chromium, arsenic and cadmium. These metals are 
incorporated into asphalt extender -- a re-refining by-product which locks 
these metals into asphalt and prevents them from being discharged to the 
environment.

According to the company, Safety-Kleen's lubricating oil products meet or 
exceed all 2007 automotive lubricating oil standards and include a wide 
range of American Petroleum Institute Licensed Engine Oils. Safety-Keen is a 
major lubricating, hydraulic, way and gear oil supplier to the automotive 
industry, including major auto companies such as General Motors, Ford and 
Chrysler. Its products are also widely used by federal, provincial and 
municipal government fleets, private fleets and the military. Safety-Kleen's 
products are also sold as house brands by many major retailers.

For more information, contact Dale MacIntyre, Vice-President, Canadian 
Refinery Operations, Safety-Kleen Canada Inc., Oil Recovery Division at 
519-648-2291 x 5255 or via email at dale.macintyre at safety-kleen.com