REVERSE LOGISTICS IN THE DISPOSAL OF RESIDUAL LUBRICATING OIL

Abstract

With the ascending growth in car acquisitions worldwide, there is also an increase on environmental pollution. It is very important to control the various factors that have an impact on this situation. Therefore, this paper had the goal of promote an efficient reverse logistics system, aiming to reuse the residual car lubricant oil in bottles after being used. The analysis were made with the intent of establishing a proper treatment to inappropriate discarded oil and reinsert it in the market, contributing to the economic balance and to a sustainable development between society and companies. The impacts on environment by residual lubricant oil in used bottles were presented and the boundary layer after full oil drain was calculated. Samples were collected from a gas station in order to quantify the volume of the generated residual oil after the oil change, and also the time for full residual oil drain was measured. Results show that each 1 L used lubricant oil bottle has approximately 20 mL of unused residual oil.