Quest Recycling Services, LLC

Automotive Motor Oil

How is used motor oil recycled?

Quest Recycling offers program guaranteeing 100% recycling of used motor oil. Quest Recycling partners with used oil collectors, re-refiners, steel mills, asphalt plants across the US to recycle into source of energy or to be re-refined into base oil, which in turn, will become new generation of motor oil after the proper additives are added. Recycling used oil allows not only reducing dependence on foreign oil but also preventing large scale environmental contamination.

Recycling used motor oil protects human health and the environment.

Recycling used motor oil keeps it from contaminating soil and also keeps contaminants out of rivers, lakes, streams and groundwater, which protects drinking water, beaches and wildlife. The potential harm that improperly disposed of used oil may cause is staggering. One gallon of used motor oil improperly disposed of may contaminate 1 million gallons of fresh water; that’s enough to supply 50 people with clean drinking water for one year. One pint of used motor oil improperly disposed of can create a one-acre slick on the surface of a body of water and kill floating aquatic organisms.

Recycling used motor oil also saves valuable energy.

Two gallons of used motor oil can generate 36-kilowatt hours of electricity. That's enough to run an average household for a day, cook 36 meals in a microwave, blow dry your hair 216 times, vacuum your house for 15 months or run your TV for 180 hours.

Recycling used motor oil also helps to reduce dependency on foreign oil.

Oil is the No. 1 source of energy for the U.S., supplying about 40 percent of the nation's overall energy needs according to the API. About half of the oil consumed is produced here in the U.S while the rest is imported.

Recycling used motor oil can be a profit center.

Used motor oil is a valuable resource, depending on the quantity and quality of your used oil, Quest Recycling will handle the used oil pick up, recycling and will even pay you for it.

Benefits of the program include:

Comprehensive prescreening and education prior to service
Quality, predictable, reliable service
Real chain of custody documentation
EPA/RCRA/DOT compliant
Clean, permitted, tested facilities and equipment