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Latvia Tightens Waste Oil Collection Regs
Traffic on streets in Riga, Latvia. Riga is the country’s capital and largest city. © Emvat Mosakovskis

Latvia Tightens Waste Oil Collection Regs

Lube Report EMEA - October 23, 2023

Latvia’s national agency for waste management recently unveiled a campaign to improve handling of waste oil and to str ...

Calls in Russia for More Waste Oil Recycling

Calls in Russia for More Waste Oil Recycling

Lube Report EMEA - August 22, 2023

Approximately 500,000 metric tons of waste lubricants are collected in Russia each year, but the vast majority is reused ...

Spain Maintains Waste Lube Recycling Rate

Spain Maintains Waste Lube Recycling Rate

Lube Report EMEA - May 16, 2023

Spain in 2022 once again rerefined more than three-quarters of its collected used oil back into base stocks, according t ...

Japan Explores Base Oil Rerefining

Japan Explores Base Oil Rerefining

Lube Report Asia - August 12, 2022

In an effort to reduce reliance on virgin base oils and to cut down on greenhouse gas emissions, the Japanese government ...

Coalition Aims to Boost Container Recycling

Coalition Aims to Boost Container Recycling

Lube Report Americas - March 3, 2021

Three lubricant brands and two manufacturers of plastic containers announced yesterday the formation of the National Lub ...

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SK Promises Green Strategy

Lube Report Asia - January 8, 2021

The parent company of SK Lubricants is looking for partners for base oil and chemical joint ventures, according to a New ...

Used Oil Collection Recovers in Italy

Used Oil Collection Recovers in Italy

Lube Report EMEA - November 24, 2020

Used oil collection in Italy nearly recovered to pre-pandemic levels during the three months ended in August, according ...

Recovering Fishing Vessel Waste Oil

Recovering Fishing Vessel Waste Oil

Lube Report Asia - August 7, 2020

A city on South Korea’s Jeju Island says a project that recovers waste lubricants generated by fishing vessels is help ...