Chevron teams up with state to reduce oil pollution; 48 used oil collection stations to open in Bay Area.SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 26, 1995--The Integrated Waste Management Board and Chevron announced Thursday Bay Area residents will now be able to recycle their used motor oil at nearly 50 Chevron service stations in the nine Bay area counties. The entry of Bay Area Chevrons into the used oil collection effort provides a major boost to the state-run program, ensuring the annual recovery of upwards of 50,000 gallons of oil in the Bay area and bringing to more than 1,000 the number of convenient locations throughout California. The program is designed to annually recover upwards of 50 million gallons of motor oil. Chevron's commitment to participating in the program was lauded by California Secretary for Environmental Protection James M. Strock, himself a do-it-yourself-oil changer Changer The name given to a clearing member that is willing to assume the opposite position of a futures contract within a larger alternative exchange, of which it also is a clearing member. . "Speaking as someone who changes his own used motor oil, I am very pleased that Chevron has expanded this service to its customers. I hope that all do-it-yourselfers will see this as an opportunity to do our part to protect the environment and conserve natural resources," he said. Under the legislatively mandated program, the Board certifies businesses to accept used motor oil during normal business hours BUSINESS HOURS. The time of the day during which business is transacted. In respect to the time of presentment and demand of bills and notes, business hours generally range through the whole day down to the hours of rest in the evening, except when the paper is payable it a bank or by a . The centers agree to pay the public four cents a quart for the motor oil and are reimbursed by the state. Funds for the program come from an assessment on oil sold in California. "With Chevron's entry into this important program in the Bay area, the answer to the question of whether people from government and the private sector can work together to improve our environment is `People Do'," said Jesse R. Huff huff - To compress data using a Huffman code. Various programs that use such methods have been called "HUFF" or some variant thereof. Opposite: puff. Compare crunch, compress. , chairman of the Integrated Waste Management Board. "This one action by Chevron will ensure that upwards of 50,000 gallons of used oil will not end up in waterways The list of waterways is a link page for any river, canal, estuary or firth. International waterways
The announcement came as the Board and Chevron signed on Carl and Dan's Chevron, 6000 Geary Street, in San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden , which became the Board's 1,000th center. "By giving people these options to safely dispose of their used motor oil, this is a win-win approach for our state," he said. California generates more used motor oil than any other state. Dumping it into waterways, storm drains, or on land threatens groundwater, decreases efficiency of waste water treatment plants, and disrupts the oxygen supply of fish and other aquatic life. A single gallon of motor oil can contaminate con·tam·i·nate v. 1. To make impure or unclean by contact or mixture. 2. To expose to or permeate with radioactivity. con·tam·i·nant n. on million gallons of drinking water drinking water supply of water available to animals for drinking supplied via nipples, in troughs, dams, ponds and larger natural water sources; an insufficient supply leads to dehydration; it can be the source of infection, e.g. leptospirosis, salmonellosis, or of poisoning, e.g. . Since 1991, the Board has certified a total of 150 other used oil collection centers in the Bay area. Larry Day Dr. Larry Day was, as of 2005, professor emeritus in voice at the University of Arizona. His long and distinguished teaching career included many years at Colorado State University in Fort Collins, Colorado, where he both taught voice and directed the operas. Dr. , Northwest Region
The Northwest Region Manager for Chevron U.S.A. Products, said Chevron agreed to participate in the program because "our customers asked us to do it and because we want to do our part as dealers and as a corporation to help ensure the safe disposal of used motor oil." Chevron signed on 29 of its Sacramento-Stockton dealers to the program a year ago. CONTACT: Integrated Waste Management Board Pat Macht or Liza Smith, 916/255-2296 Bill Steele, 510/842-4653 |
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