In a move to curb contaminants the South African road freight industry has been urged to properly store and collect used oil for recycling. More than seven million litres of used oil are generated by […]
Self-employed mechanics operating in urban township areas of the Western Cape and Gauteng seem to be enjoying booming business if a recent research survey is anything to go by. The ROSE Foundation (Recycling Oil Saves […]
Moving towards a more circular economy – which is based on the principle of using, recycling, and reusing in an (almost) closed loop – could deliver opportunities including reduced pressures on the environment, enhanced security […]
South Africa needs to move towards a more circular economy and away from the traditional focus on diversion from water and soil resources. Moving towards a more circular economy – which is based on the […]
The importance of BBB-EE business strategies and restructured business ownership is a well-known reality in South Africa, that few organisations have succeeded in. However, in the used oil industry, Olegra Oil has made a real […]
Anton Niemann, GM Shell Lubricants, explains how the disposal of used motor oil the wrong way has the potential to pollute the environment, noting that we need to recover and recycle as much of it […]
More than 1.5 billion litres of hazardous used motor oil has been kept out of the environment, thanks to the efforts of the ROSE Foundation (Recycling Oil Saves the Environment) which celebrates 25 years of […]
The foundations were first laid in April 1994 after the government withdrew support for the used oil re-refining industry. Previously lubricants were taxed to subsidize the re-refining of used oil back into lubricating oil.
When this subsidy was removed, the major lubricant companies operating in South Africa took it upon themselves to help protect the environment. So they formed the ROSE Foundation to prevent the irresponsible dumping and burning of used lubricating oil.
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