Oil Purification Systems, Shelton, Conn., is participating in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's WasteWise program as an endorser helping to promote environmental sustainability to its customers, partners and suppliers.


OPS will continue to bring attention to the important issue of reducing waste oil and work with other WasteWise members to create partnerships that will encourage awareness of environmental issues.

WasteWise is a free, voluntary EPA program through which organizations eliminate costly municipal solid waste and select industrial wastes, benefiting their bottom line and the environment. WasteWise is a flexible program that allows partners to design their own waste reduction programs tailored to their needs, and also provides free technical assistance to help organizations develop, implement and measure waste reduction activities.

"OPS and other WasteWise endorsers have a unique opportunity to encourage their clients to adopt resource conservation practices into their operations, thereby reducing greenhouse gas emissions and saving energy," said Matt Hale, EPA's director of the Office of Solid Waste.

The OPS-1 system removes the solid and liquid contaminants from engine oil, continually keeping the oil clean and virtually eliminating the need for routine oil changes. Lubricating oil must be disposed of when it becomes contaminated. Fewer oil changes mean less oil that goes back into the environment. The OPS-1 system also contributes to the effort to decrease America's dependence on oil. Broad adoption of the OPS technology could decrease national consumption by close to 2 billion barrels per year. Global adoption could cut consumption by many times that amount.

More info: www.ops-1.com