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The Madrid municipality of Tres Cantos will be home to a new ‘SIGAUS Forest’
SIGAUS and the Tres Cantos Town Council have reached an agreement to create the ‘Thirteenth SIGAUS Forest’ in this Madrid municipality. It will be a green space of 1,000 trees that will help offset CO2 emissions, in addition to serving as a new leisure area for inhabitants. The initiative is part of the ‘SIGAUS Forests’ project, which has planted 12,000 trees since 2012.
SIGAUS, with the Dravet Syndrome Foundation’s annual family meeting
Last weekend, the annual family meeting of the Dravet Syndrome Foundation, with which SIGAUS has been collaborating since 2018, took place in Madrid. Dozens of families from across Spain gathered to learn about scientific and social advancements in this type of severe epilepsy mainly affecting children, and which is considered a rare disease. The meeting was also an important space for exchanging experiences, concerns and hopes.
A new ‘SIGAUS Forest’ at the heart of the Guadarrama region
SIGAUS and the Guadarrama Town Council have inaugurated the 12th ‘SIGAUS Forest’ in the area of “La Vega” of the Madrid municipality. The event was attended by Diosdado Soto, Mayor of Guadarrama, and by Buenaventura González del Campo and Eduardo de Lecea, President and General Manager of SIGAUS, respectively. Thanks to the agreement signed between the town council and SIGAUS, the municipality now has a new green space with 1,000 trees of up to 8 different species that are highly efficient in absorbing greenhouse gases.
SIGAUS contribution reduced to €50 per tonne
This is the first time in the 17 years of SIGAUS activity that there has been a reduction in the contributions of member companies that are used to finance the management of used oil and which are passed on to consumers of industrial oils, mainly motorists and industries. This measure has been possible thanks to an efficient management model and will be effective from 1 January.
Extended Producer Responsibility extends to commercial and industrial packaging
The new Royal Decree 1055/2022 on packaging and packaging waste, approved on 27 December, is an in-depth review of current packaging regulations, which have been in force for more than 25 years. Among other measures, it extends the financial and organisational obligations to producers (packers, importers or intra-Community purchasers) who place packaged products on the domestic market for the first time. Those using commercial and industrial packaging will now have to finance the management of packaging waste generated after the use of such packaging, irrespective of its type, size and material
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SIGAUS in figures
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Since 2007, we have guaranteed the collection and treatment of used oil from any point in Spain.
collection operations
of waste accumulated in 17 years by the management network that operates with SIGAUS
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that have produced 1,025,420 tonnes of base lubricants
of CO2 avoided
thanks to the waste regenerated compared to oil refining
of electrical energy
produced thanks to energy recovery from used oil
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- The Madrid municipality of Tres Cantos will be home to a new ‘SIGAUS Forest’
- SIGAUS, with the Dravet Syndrome Foundation’s annual family meeting
- A new ‘SIGAUS Forest’ at the heart of the Guadarrama region
- SIGAUS contribution reduced to €50 per tonne
- The SIGAUS Environmental Classroom is present in two of Madrid’s leading universities
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A hazardous waste
Its high toxicity
Its low biodegradability
Harmful to living beings
The emission of hazardous gases
Its chemical degradation
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Management Network
Thanks to the over 160 management companies that work under the framework of the IMS, it is possible to ensure the service of collecting and treating the used oil generated by the approximately 70,000 production points attended by SIGAUS throughout Spain.
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Treatment of the used industrial oil through regeneration has permitted the return of more than 1 million tons of new lubricants to the market since 2007, enough to fill the oil tank of more than 253 million cars.
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Recovery of used industrial oil
Several phases are involved in the waste management process:
The industrial oil is mostly used in automotive workshops and in industry, with both sectors jointly producing 70% of the used oil that is generated in Spain each year. Once its useful life has reached an end, the waste must be correctly stored and labelled until an authorised manager can collect it and transport it to a transfer centre. There, the used oil is subjected to analysis in order to determine its composition and optimum final destination, applying an initial filtering of the waste in order to eliminate a large portion of the contaminants such as water, mud or metallic particles, among others.
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Car repair invoice
Each time we change the oil in our car, as can be seen on the invoice, the driver is contributing 5 euro cent for each kilo of oil acquired that are entirely used to finance the collection and treatment of that lubricant once it becomes waste, a task that we assume in the name of our adhered manufacturing companies.
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In 2023, we avoided the contamination of 131,293 t of used industrial oils.
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Prevention: the first step for environmental protection
of oil with a longer life
of specific oil for microlubrication techniques
of oil that facilitates its management at the end of its useful life
of bases from the regeneration of used oils process
of biodegradable oils
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Used oil in Spain
We guarantee the collection of used oil throughout Spain, regardless of distance or quantity. Every day of the year, through our management network, over 689 used oil collections take place in various points of the national territory.