LEOLA, PENN. – What do you do with almost 4,000 gallons of used motor oil each year from a fleet of 43 buses? If you’re Red Rose Transit Authority (RRTA) in Lancaster, Penn., you figure out a way to recycle the waste oil.
“We’re renovating our Operations Center to include two Clean Burn furnaces in our vehicle storage building to recycle our used motor oil,” says David Kilmer, executive director of RRTA. “We have several green initiatives underway for this new facility in 2010. It makes a great deal of sense for us to turn the waste oil generated by our fleet into heat for this facility. We’ll also be using a geothermal system to heat our main maintenance garage and administrative offices, along with solar panels to reduce our electric consumption. Together these two efforts complement our overall green efforts for 2010.”
According to Dean Eberly, owner/president of Garden Spot Mechanical in Manheim, Penn., RRTA chose a strong product to support their environmental initiatives. “I’ve worked with Clean Burn products for 15 years and I absolutely see the benefit to RRTA of using the Clean Burn systems,” says Eberly, who will install the units in 2010. “When you consider how much waste oil RRTA generates monthly, it makes no sense to pay to transport the used oil away when they can easily and cost-effectively recycle it into a heat source for their own facility.”
In Lycoming County, Penn., River Valley Transit (RVT) will also be adding Clean Burn units in 2010. Originally launched in 1863 as the Williamsport Passenger Railway Company, the organization has maintained bus operations in the Williamsport area for more than 75 years. Mechanical contractor Bob Radel with Silvertip, Inc. plans to install the hot air furnaces during the first quarter of 2010.
“RVT is renovating their maintenance facilities and plans to add in geothermal components and the Clean Burn units,” says Radel. “The technology is definitely there to transform the thousands of gallons of used oil generated by their fleet into recycled heat.”
With more than a dozen buses and trolleys, RVT covers 14 routes throughout Pennsylvania’s Greater Williamsport and Lycoming County areas. “As more and more companies become involved in environmentally-friendly changes to their operations, it makes sense for them to recycle their waste products. The Clean Burn units we’ll be installing at RVT will save them money and energy in the future.”
The Clean Burn systems for RVT and RRTA were provided by A D Supplies in Willow Grove, Penn. Experts in environmental and recycling equipment, A D Supplies has information on their support services and Clean Burn products at www.equipros.com, or can be reached at 215-784-0445.
There are 80,000 Clean Burn functional furnaces and boilers located throughout the world that burn millions of 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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