ARE YOU A PROFESSIONAL OR A LOCAL AUTHORITY LOOKING FOR YOUR WASTE OILS TO BE COLLECTED?
Contact a Cyclevia-approved collection-transfer operator, it’s free
To fulfil its general interest mission and with a view to improving collection throughout France, CYCLEVIA provides you with a list of accredited collection-transfer station operators that are able to collect waste oils in your area.
Retrouvez ici la liste des collecteurs-regroupeurs / See the list of local collection-transfer operators
To make sure that your waste is in safe hands.
Operators registered with CYCLEVIA carry out their business according to a specific legal framework and according to the rules... They use tried and tested standardized practices that we regularly audit.
To ensure that your waste is sent to the right treatment facility.
CYCELVIA is guarantor of waste streams and promotes innovative and environmentally and socially responsible solutions.
To support the circular economy and take part in a virtuous national movement guided by the same environmental performance objectives.
Why entrust your waste oils to an approved collection-transfer station operator?
To guarantee that collection is free of charge.
HOW IS COLLECTION IMPLEMENTED?
Collection from your work premises is entirely free, you have nothing to pay. Nevertheless, to ensure that the service is free, that your waste is of quality (an essential condition for it to be recycled) and that collection operations can be carried out safely, we do ask that you follow certain rules.
RULE 1: Guarantee the quality of your waste
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Never mix your waste oil with other waste. This will ensure that the levels of water, chlorine and PCBs (polychlorinated biphenyls) contained within meet collection requirements.
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Comply with sampling obligations required by law.
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If the collection equipment is outdoors, protect it from the rain in order to prevent water pollution.
Do not mix your oil-change oil with other waste such as:
Coolant
Fuel
Brake fluid
Solvents
What content levels are to be met by your waste oils?
≤ 5% water
< 0,6% chlorine
< 50 ppm de PCB (Polychlorinated biphenyl)
RULE 2: Ensure personal safety and accessibility to your containers during collection
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Package your waste oil in 200-litre drums or tanks with a retention tank.
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Ensure that your containers can be pumped during collection.
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Plan ahead. Contact your local collection-transfer station operator when your containers are 80% full.
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Ensure that access can be gained in safe conditions, without having to do any climbing, and at a distance of no more than 20 meters from the pumping equipment.
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Do not make the collection operator wait more than 15 minutes before allowing him to access your waste oils and before starting the pumping operation.
RULE 3: Ensure traceability
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Keep the collection receipt.
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Keep samples taken for 18 months.
TRACKDÉCHETS : simplifying tracking and providing transparency in the industry.
As from 1st January 2024, the Trackdéchets waste transfer note (WTN) is required to ensure the traceability of hazardous waste.
Trackdechets is a free digital platform implemented by the French Ministry of Ecological Transition. By making hazardous waste tracking paperless, this platform aims at simplifying its management and providing transparency and reliability in the sector’s treatment processes.
To help you implement this new practice, the public services have created tool such as tutorials, training courses, FAQ, etc.
In addition to the WTN, the digital format of which is now compulsory, you can keep the oil slip or (collection order) to establish the conditions of sale and the equipment required to handle the waste oils.
Producer
Transporter
Waste management professional
THE WASTE OILS THAT YOU ARE HOLDING ARE HAZARDOUS
Classed as “hazardous waste” by law, waste oils contain hazardous substances.
HAZARDOUS TO HEALTH
If they come into contact with the skin they may be carcinogenic.
HAZARDOUS TO THE ENVIRONMENT
Dispersed in the natural environment, they pollute soil, aquifers, seawater and rivers.
Use leak-proof and closed containers.
FOLLOW BEST PRACTICE!
Use nitrile or latex gloves to protect yourself.
Keep your facility clean. Use cloths and absorbent paper to clean-off drips of waste oil on your containers.