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Re-refining of Used Lubricating Oil and its Economic and Environmental Implications
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establishment and effective implementation of laws and regulations, largely inspired by
the European directives and/or the US EPA directives.
In this section an attempt will be made to appraise the present situation of the re-
refining potential in Arab countries and also to provide some insights into used oil
management practices in these countries.
Algeria
In Algeria, around 180000 metric tons of lubricants are sold annually. Currently about
90000 metric tons of used oil are generated and only 18000 metric tons are collected and
about 900 tons are exported (Leconews, 2015). The state company NAFTAL is
responsible for collecting used oil. Legislation was issued in 2004 on the waste oil
management. The waste oil directive is adopted as Decree Nº 04-88 dated 22/03/2004. As
of now, there is no re-refining facility for the treatment of waste oil. While the state-
owned company NAFTAL acts as a used oil collection center, collection is carried out
by a dozen waste oil collectors agreed by the ministry of environment.
Egypt
In Egypt, lubricating oil consumption amounted to about 450000 metric tons of base oils
in 2015 and generated about 240000 metric tons of oil waste, of which 80,000 metric tons
were recycled, and the rest was exported. The Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation
(EGPC) has made it mandatory for filling stations to have a collection tank for waste oil.
Alexandria Petroleum Company which is one of the EGPC affiliates handles re-refining
of used oil in Egypt. Under the environment law 4/1994, waste oil is classified as a
hazardous waste. Law 9/2009 (amended Law 4/1994) regulates collection, treatment and
disposal of hazardous waste (Articles 29-33). Oil marketing companies are not granted a
license to operate unless they present a sound strategy for the safe disposal of waste oil
(Egypt, 2010).
Jordan
According to the country report an estimated 15000 metric tons of waste oil is generated
each year (Jordan, 2014). This amount is either dumped in the sewer system or directly
on open land, burned directly as a fuel or collected for further treatment and processing
such as re-refining. Waste oil generators handover their waste oil to licensed collectors.
Collected used oil is then transported and sold to treatment plants for further