Our
Origins
Used oil is considered the single most
potentially hazardous material in Canada if not managed
properly.
Since 1996, the used oil materials recycling model managed by the
Saskatchewan Association for Resource Recovery Corp. (SARRC) has
demonstrated it works environmentally, economically and
socio-economically.
The Recycling Program for Used Oil, Filters and Containers was
developed by the Saskatchewan Waste Management Advisory Group
(WMAG) and the Western Canada Used Oil, Filter and Container Task
Force (WCTF).
To develop, implement and maintain Saskatchewan’s single,
cost-effective, province-wide Used Oil Materials Recycling Program,
SARRC was formed on February 12, 1996 under the Non-Profit
Corporations Act of Saskatchewan.
The program is funded by an Environmental Handling Charge (EHC)
assessed on new oil, plastic oil containers and oil filters at the
first point of sale or distribution in Saskatchewan.
The EHC is not a government tax, but a
user-paid levy and is used solely to operate the collection
of used oil, oil filters and plastic oil containers (up to 50-litre
capacity).
Our
Components
- Members are the 173
wholesale suppliers of lubricating oil, first sellers of oil, oil
filters and plastic oil containers in Saskatchewan
- EHC Funding comes from
the Environmental Handling Charge (EHC) remitted by these members to SARRC based on sales of
new collectable oil, oil filters and plastic oil containers.
- Return Incentives (RI) are paid by SARRC from
EHC revenues to registered
collectors for picking up materials from collection facilities
and major generators throughout Saskatchewan. All materials are
transported to approved processors and end users.
- Collectors are private
sector enterprises working throughout the province’s seven
regions collecting used oil materials. They are compensated by
the
freight-equalized RI.
Collection Points are a network of
nearly 300 year-round facilities and EcoCentres (pictured at right)
available to almost 200 communities. This makes recycling used oil
materials convenient for do-it-yourself (DIY) mechanics, farm and
commercial markets.
- Collaboration is strong
with members, the private sector recycling industry, collection
facilities, all level of governments and the Used Oil Management
Associations in British
Columbia, Alberta, Manitoba,
Québec, Ontario and New
Brunswick.
Our Outcomes
- Millions of litres of used oil, millions of oil filters and
kilograms of plastic have been recycled since 1996. None of this
material ended up in landfills and the oil was not used for oiling
roads. Have a look at the most current collection
volumes.
- Used oil is recycled as
oil base stock, reprocessed into other lubricating products, fuel
for large industrial burners and asphalt plants.
- All Used Oil Filters
are processed at steel recycling mills.
- Used plastic oil
containers are pelletized or flaked for making new
containers, plastic durable goods, impact posts, curbs and
landscape ties.
Helping Saskatchewan
Make Every Drop
Count!
sarrc@usedoilrecycling.ca
