LEOLA, PA – When Auto Parts City opens the doors on its new 38,000-square- foot facility in Gurnee, Ill. this autumn, it will do so with a strong “double duty” dedication to recycling. In addition to the automobile parts and materials recycled everyday by the company, Auto Parts City will also recycle more than 24,000 gallons of used oil a year using state-of-the-art waste oil equipment from Clean Burn.
The waste motor oil, coming from the roughly 12,000 vehicles the company recycles yearly, will allow Auto Parts City to heat four different buildings on more than 19 acres of land throughout the cold Midwestern winter months. “We won’t pay a dime on outside heating costs in the future because we’ve invested in waste oil furnaces and boilers to transform waste motor oil into free heat,” says Jay Brosten, vice president of Auto Parts City, Inc. “The older Clean Burn furnace we had at our previous facility has successfully recycled our waste oil for the past 20 years with just regular maintenance. Now, as we grow our company, we’re growing our dedication to recycling the used motor oil we collect every day as part of our commitment to being good stewards of the environment.”
Joe Lewis, president and senior design engineer for Gleason-Elfering, has been working with Auto Parts City since July of 2008 to specify and install the new waste oil retrieval systems. “We’ve seen a dramatic increase in the Chicagoland area during the past decade in the use of waste oil recycling by companies,” says Lewis. “While this is the largest project we’re installing right now, we have bids out right now for other projects with dozens of Clean Burn furnaces. As they become more focused on the environment, Chicago area companies are definitely taking the steps to make recycling a part of their day-to-day activities.
“A decade ago Gleason-Elfering would sell about 20 of these furnaces a year. Now we’re selling almost 50 each year. Businesses are finally catching on to the idea that it actually saves them money to recycle used motor oil with Clean Burn systems rather than paying to have it hauled away.”
At the new Auto Parts City location, a variety of Clean Burn units are being installed this summer. Several boilers and furnaces will recycle used motor oil and provide radiant floor heating to the company’s used parts and tire, fluid evacuation, dismantling and maintenance buildings.
Used oil recovery is just one of the many recycling programs aggressively pursued at Auto Parts City. On a yearly basis, the company also processes and recycles approximately 18,000 tons of steel, 12,000 batteries, 48,000 tires and 36,000 gallons of gasoline. “We’re fully vested in growing our company into a state-of-the-art auto recycling operation,” says Brosten. “Clean Burn is helping us get there. They’ve been a successful ‘green partner’ of ours in the past and we’re looking forward to decades of used motor oil recycling from the new Clean Burn units we’re installing in our new facility.”
For more information on the new operations being developed at Auto Parts City, visit www.21stcenturyautorecycling.com. For additional details on waste oil products available in the Chicagoland marketplace, visit www.Gleason-Elfering.com.
There are 80,000 Clean Burn functional furnaces and boilers located throughout the world that burn approximately 120 million gallons of used-oil each year on-site, at the point of generation. This volume of used-oil would otherwise be transported on highway systems and pose a considerable risk to spills and/or contamination to the environment.
Clean Burn is an ENERGY STAR® partner. The company holds numerous industry certifications and works with the U.S. government, the Environmental Protection Agency and various associations to help coordinate the establishment of standards and regulations related to heat recovery and recycling efforts involving used motor oils. For more information on Clean Burn, visit www.cleanburn.com or call 1-800-331-0183.
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