OUTREACH Personal communications works to promote responsible used oil and antifreeze materials recycling. Summer Ambassador programs in the four western Canadian UOMAs along with trade show attendance in New Brunswick and PEI meet potential recyclers where they live. More detail is available in the annual reports. WEBSITE & SOCIAL MEDIA The national website, www.usedoilrecycling.com is…
Looking northward, the UOMAs are addressing the need to recover and recycle used oil and antifreeze materials in northern and remote Canadian communities. They face huge logistic problems. Where and how to situate a regional collection facility. Long distances for collectors to travel. Communities accessible by winter roads only. In Manitoba, MARRC partners with other…
It’s becoming a paperless back office providing efficiencies for members, collectors/processors, and association staff. The associations have collaborated on updating the electronic payment system by which members remit the Environmental Handling Charges (EHC). The form is accessed through the secure EHC portal connected to each association’s website. An e-claims tracking system, developed and used by…
Year-round collection facilities, easily accessible, are the cornerstone of Canada’s used oil and antifreeze materials program. However, there are challenges. It’s a messy business, and a location has to be equipped to properly manage these potentially hazardous materials. British Columbia, Alberta and Saskatchewan have all seen a decline in the number of facilities. However, the…
Lower crude oil prices definitely affect the UOMA’s revenue stream. Fewer lubricating products on which Environment Handling Charges (EHC) are levied mean fewer dollars remitted to each provincial association. The EHC funds the Return Incentives (RI) which drives the collector/processor network. It’s a proven economic model requiring prudent financial management in all economic climates. Also…
The proof is in the numbers. The overall amount of each product type collected for the current reported fiscal year, 2016, is down marginally over 2015 but this matches the lower sales numbers over the same period. If your device cannot display all columns at once, you can scroll horizontally through the columns. UOMAOIL (million litres)FILTERS…