Things to Look for in Waste Oil Collection Containers

If your manufacturing plant produces a lot of waste oil, then you may be looking at oil collection services. It makes sense to work with a company that can take old oil away. They can dispose of it safely or recycle it.

As part of your service, companies should offer you collection containers. You put your oil in these vessels as you go along; the company then picks up the containers or siphons the oil out before taking it away.

However, not all collection containers are equal. It's important to ensure that you get a solution that works for you, especially if you'll store your containers outside your building. What should you look for?

Easy Filling Options

You don't fill all waste oil containers in the same way. Some containers, like drums, might have small holes into which you pour the oil. Larger units might use hoses that suck in oil from your own containers.

It's a good idea to look at how you would get oil into a container before you choose which one to use. If you don't have a lot of oil to dispose of, then pouring it through a drum hole won't be too much of a chore.

However, if you produce waste oil in bulk, then you'll be better off with a siphoning system or a container with a larger opening capacity. This is a quicker and cleaner job if you can pour more oil in the container at once without worrying about spills.

Lockable Units

If you'll store your collection containers outside, and there is a chance that people could access them, then security is important. Oil has some value; it is also hazardous.

You don't want people trying to steal the oil or to mess with its containers. For example, if some kids decided to vandalise a container, then you could end up with a spill that is a real headache to clean up.

Uncontained oil is also a safety risk. If someone decides it would be fun to set it alight, then you could end up with a major fire on your hands. This puts human life and your building at risk. If you get lockable containers, you reduce the chances of these problems happening in the first place.

To learn more about container options, contact waste oil collection companies like Wren Oil that service your area. They can help you choose the right containers for your plant.

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Hi, my name is Skip. I have always been handy – I've been tinkering with things as long as I could walk. I don't agree with the throw-it-in-the-rubbish culture. Why do that when you can recycle, repair or reuse almost everything? A lot of my buddies work in factories, and, over the years, we've had a lot of fun debates on this topic. Many of the factories where they worked just seemed to throw out the machines or sell them for really cheap to foreign factories. I argued that you can repair them more easily than you realise sometimes while other times you can profitably tear up the machines and recycle the materials. I wanted to share this info, so decided to start a blog.

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