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Recycling Services

Western's Used Oil and Oil Products Recycling Services provide turnkey services to pickup, transport and recycle used oil, oil filters and antifreeze. Western is the only used oil re-refiner facility located in Rhode Island. Western provides automotive and fleet support services to service centers, dealerships, quick lubes and garages.

Parts Washer

Western Oil offers System One, the industry's most powerful parts cleaning technology. The power of pure solvent "On Demand" 4x daily!

Series 500 Unique Advantages

  • recovers 100% of cleaning solvents
  • eliminates 100% of hazardous solvent waste
  • potentially reduces generator status
  • no parts washer or recovery services required

Why operators prefer clean solvent

  • cleans better
  • cleans faster
  • leaves less oily residue
  • saves time and money

How the integrated micro-refinery works

    Transfer process (4 minutes)

  1. Dirty solvent flushed into the distillation chamber
  2. Clean solvent transferred into the wash basin and available for immediate use

  3. Recycle Process (4 hours)

  4. Dirty solvent heated under vacuum to vapor point
  5. Solvent vaporized
  6. Oily residue separated from vaporized solvent for periodic removal
  7. Solvent vapors cooled back to liquid state in condenser
  8. 100% pure solvent returned to reservoir and available for continued use

Product Recycling

Western specializes in the recycling of:

  • Used oil: Recycled for use as boiler fuel and is burned in approved industrial furnaces.
  • Used antifreeze: Western collects used antifreeze in drum and bulk which is then re-manufactured for reuse.
  • Used oil filters: Residual oil is used as boiler fuel and is burned in approved industrial furnaces; the scrap metal is recycled.
  • Oil water mixtures: Processed to reclaim the oil.
  • Used absorbents: Used as supplemental fuel at approved energy recovery sites.

Product Sales

Western is proud to supply our customers with the following recycled products:

  • On-Specification Oil
  • Windshield Washer Fluid
  • Anti-Freeze