MetroPark Recycles Oil To Heat Offices
Using reclaimed motor oil saves money, time and carbon emissions.

By Dave Larsen
Dayton Daily News

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LEOLA, PA – Employees at the 25 Five Rivers MetroParks facilities in the greater Dayton, Ohio area feel like they’ve struck gold – black gold. They’ve recently started collecting used motor oil from service vehicles that maintain the system’s nearly 15,000 acres. They’re recycling the used-oil to generate heat for their offices and workshop. The environmentally friendly effort has spurred neighboring businesses and residents to contribute their used oil to the earth-friendly action.

According to Dave Spitler, assistant park manager, he was searching for a better way to heat buildings other than using wood-burning stoves. “There was a big cost factor in man hours to have staff members cut and split wood for the stoves,” says Spitler. “The Clean Burn furnace that we’ve installed is an economical and ecological solution for Five Rivers MetroParks.”

Used oil storage tanks now collect hundreds of gallons of recycled motor oil from the park’s 99 fleet vehicles, 98 small motorized vehicles (including Gators and lawn mowers), as well as community contributions. After being refined, the oil is pushed through a filter and pre-heated. Then the oil is injected into the Clean Burn furnace and burned at 1,800 degrees. The high temperatures create low emissions (less than one percent allowable by EPA standards) and generate enough heat to warm the park’s 2,400-square-foot facility.

Prior to obtaining the Clean Burn system, the park hired contractors to haul away and dispose of used oil. That costly process had the potential for environmental damage through spills and used more fossil fuels for transporting the waste oil. The furnace saves labor hours from the cutting of timber and provides an environmental, on-site system for recycling used motor oil.

“I’ve sent oil recycle barrels to all MetroParks facilities to collect their used oil,” says Spitler. “Each park saves money since they no longer have to pay anyone to properly dispose of the oil. We bring the full barrels to the central furnace area and replace them with empty barrels. This is a sensible solution that would be viable for other parks nationwide to adapt in order to save money and close the loop on recycling efforts.”

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.

LEOLA, PA – Clean Burn, the leading manufacturing of used-oil furnaces and boilers, has capped off its 30th anniversary year by receiving the “2009 Save Energy Now Energy Saver” award by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Industrial Technologies Program.

The Energy Saver award is presented to those companies that participate in a Save Energy Now energy assessment and successfully achieve more than 75,000 MMBtu total energy savings or more than 7.5 percent total energy savings. One of the unique aspects that made Clean Burn eligible for this award is that the company heats its 125,000 square foot manufacturing facility with recycled used-oil through the company’s boilers and furnaces. The company does not use any electricity or natural gas for heat.

“The used-oil furnaces and boilers we construct are dedicated to saving energy, so it makes perfect sense that our manufacturing facility should have a similar goal,” says Ryan Gamber, engineering manager for Clean Burn. “We worked with an energy consultant to assess key industrial process systems and identify cost-saving opportunities. By implementing the recommended actions, Clean Burn has taken the necessary steps to help reduce our nation’s energy use and shrink our carbon footprint.”

Save Energy Now is a national initiative to reduce industrial energy intensity 25 percent or more in 10 years. Companies nationwide can partner with DOE, participate in no-cost energy assessments, and use ITP’s proven resources to reduce energy use and improve efficiency, while increasing profits.

In 2009, ITP awarded 140 plants for making significant progress in implementing the energy savings opportunities identified through a Save Energy Now energy assessment. In total, the award recipients achieved more than $47 million in cost savings and 6.4 trillion Btu in total energy savings.

There are 80,000 Clean Burn functional furnaces and boilers located throughout the world that burn 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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Resources
o Save Energy Now Web site: www.eere.energy.gov/industry/saveenergynow/
o Save Energy Now recognition Web page: www.eere.energy.gov/industry/saveenergynow/recognition.html

LEOLA, PA – The new book, “Bringing It Back Around” provides step-by-step guidance for schools and communities to launch their own recycling center. The story of the student-run Purdy Recycling Center at Purdy High School in Missouri focuses on how students created a thriving, profitable recycling business to fund scholarships and club activities.

Available for $30 each (postage included) at the club website of spanish.purdy.k12.mo.us, the 63-page full-color book was written by teacher Gerry Wass, who serves as coordinator of the project. “We wanted to share our story and inspire other schools and communities to develop similar recycling projects across the country,” says Wass, a world languages instructor at Purdy High School. “In just under four years these students have made this into a profitable endeavor raising more than $6,000 while satisfying a community need.”

According to Wass, a limited number of free copies of the book will be available to the first individuals contacting him through the website.

Clean Burn®, a corporate sponsor of the book project, has a Clean Burn furnace in the Purdy Recycling Center. The furnace recycles used motor oil to generate heat for the stand-alone facility.

“Once you have a source of used oil, the most environmentally-sound way of disposing of it is to burn it to heat a building in the winter,” says Wass. “The Clean Burn furnace hangs from the ceiling, out of the way of other recycling efforts, and has allowed us to collect used oil filters from industrial clients like auto dealerships and auto repair garages.

“Once crushed, a 55-gallon container of used filters generates between eight and ten gallons of used motor oil — even if they’ve been drained. We add this to the other used motor oils we collect from our school bus fleet and other sources. The Clean Burn furnace transforms the used motor oil into free heat for our facility.”

Traditionally used in locations that generate large amounts of used motor oil — such as tractor trailer and heavy equipment facilities — this is one of the first times a Clean Burn unit has been used in a “home grown” recycling center project.

For additional details on the Purdy Recycling Project, visit spanish.purdy.k12.mo.us.

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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LEOLA, PA – Transporting temperature-sensitive liquids just got easier. The new Clean Burn® Transport Heater creates a constant temperature environment for valuable cargo.

“This is a true ‘problem/solution’ scenario,” says Morris Mantey, vice president for marketing and sales for Clean Burn. “We were contacted repeatedly by trucking companies hauling perishable and sensitive materials that need to have a consistent trailer temperature. The problem was that, due to EPA restrictions, trucks can no longer idle longer than five minutes. And, when the truck is powered down, the contents of the trailer can become too cold.

“From this problem scenario we created a solution. The 45 TH – Transport Heater operates on diesel fuel. So, if a driver is carrying a load of chemicals or perishable liquids in freezing weather he can turn the engine off and the Transport Heater kicks in to keep the trailer contents warm to a specifically set temperature. The output of hot water can be adjusted to meet the specific needs of the cargo, assuring a consistent and safe temperature.”

The programmable thermostat has a “sleep” mode and is positioned behind the cab in a stainless steel box. The 92.5 pound unit has a heat output of 45,000 BTU/hour and consumes less than a half gallon of diesel fuel an hour. Range of permissible ambient temperature operation goes from -40 degrees to 140 degrees Fahrenheit. The unit has an output temperature available from 100 degrees to 160 degrees Fahrenheit.

“Without a doubt, the Transport Heater provides a more efficient type of operation than running a truck engine constantly to heat or cool the trailer and its contents,” says Scott Ewell, in charge of fleet maintenance for H.R. Ewell, Inc. “We’re using Transport Heaters as an economical and environmental solution to the challenge of keeping cargo contents safe.”

A third generation trucking company, H.R. Ewell has 140 tractors and 300 trailers that transport bulk food products throughout the United States from their home base in Pennsylvania. “One of the most frequent products we transport is liquid chocolate to companies like Hershey’s® and Mars, Incorporated, manufacturer of M&M’S® Chocolate Candies,” says Ewell. “The Clean Burn Transport Heaters allow us to keep the chocolate at 120 degrees so it doesn’t harden in the trailers. There are huge fuel and truck maintenance savings to be had by using the Transport Heater over idling a truck. And, at the same time, with its fail-safe features, this cost-saving system is simple to operate.”

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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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.