Used Oil

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-029383",
  "term": "Used Oil",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "1. Spent motor oil from passenger cars and trucks collected at specified locations for recycling (not included in the category of municipal solid waste).\n\n2. Refers to spent motor oil from passenger cars and trucks that is collected at specified locations for recycling. Used oil is excluded from the category of municipal solid waste.\n\n3. Any oil that has been refined from crude or synthetic oil that has been used and, as a result of such use, is contaminated by physical or chemical impurities.\n\n4. Any oil refined from crude oil or any synthetic oil that has been used and as a result of such use is contaminated by physical or chemical impurities. This definition is the same definition of “used oil” in 40 CFR 279.1.\n\n5. Petroleum-derived or synthetically-derived oil whose physical properties have changed as a result of handling or use, such that the oil cannot be used for its original purpose. Used oil consists primarily of automotive oils (e.g., used motor oil, transmission oil, hydraulic fluids, brake fluid, etc.) and industrial oils (e.g., industrial engine oils, metalworking oils, process oils, industrial grease, etc).\n\n6. Any oil that has been refined from crude oil, or any synthetic oil, that has been used and as a result of such use is contaminated by physical or chemical impurities.\n\n7. Petroleum products that have been recovered from another application.",
  "subject": "Land, waste and cleanup",
  "references": [
    "Terms of Env; Terms of Environment",
    "Measuring Recycling Guidance Glossary",
    "RCRA Orientation Manual 2008 Glossary",
    "40 CFR 63.681 (CFR 2013)",
    "40 CFR 98.6 (CFR 2013)",
    "40 CFR 260.10 (CFR 2013); 40 CFR 279.1 (CFR 2013)",
    "40 CFR 49.123 (CFR 2013)"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/used-oil/"
}