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Old 06-01-09, 06:27   #10 (permalink)
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Re: Green Undercarriage Cleaning

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I trust my oil separator to do a satisfactory job (it's to-commercial-code for my area), but I do wonder about emulsified oily [crap] anyhow.
About 15 years ago a water engineer commented to me that the sewage treatment plants are a lot less concerned about emulsified oil than non-emulsified (the non-emulsified oil floats and seals out the air for the aerobic bacteria). Whether or not this is current info, I don't know. Maxy is the guy to ask about that.

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What about using solvent-soaked rags for really greasy stuff? How would you get rid of them once they're soiled? Doesn't seem like something you should just put in the trash/send to a landfill.
Eh...with current landfill technology I would expect that oil to get recovered with everything else, with the leachate or out the vents. Uniform services that supply rags launder them and return them.
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