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Article: Waste not--want not: Thermo Fluids, a company that focuses on waste products, uses its fleet to make them reusable.(Fleet Profile)
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- Fleet Equipment
- Article date:
- October 1, 2005
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Waste fluids are generated at thousands of locations across the country. Dirty oil can be found at fleet shops, lube shops, car dealerships and industrial settings. Spent antifreeze/coolant is removed from vehicles daily. A myriad of solvents, washes, chemicals and even water gets polluted after frequent usage and needs to be replaced.
There's no shortage of firms that will pick up these fluids and dispose of them. There are far fewer companies, however, that will go a step beyond collection and recycle many of these waste fluids to be used another day.
One of the companies that takes on the challenge of collecting and recycling waste fluids is Thermo ...