The Archive · 1940

A National Scheme

A special technical panel will consider these three plans, which may operate side: restoring as a lubricant, converting it into petrol; and preparing the residue as a coarse fne. for furnaces.

Many oil cleaning machines are on the market They vary in size and action. Some are for the private motorist. Others are for large transport concerns. Some are efficient filters, removing particles of carbon, metal, and dirt. Others incorporate chemicals to remove harmful acids, water, and petrol.

It is not necessarily intended to replace such private oil economies, but to institute a comprehensive national scheme for all who now pour used oil away.

It is estimated that there are still about a million private motorists on the road.

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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