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The paper discusses how the waste oil industry is continually faced with disposing of or reusing a product considered hazardous to the environment, animals, and humans, and in attempts to meet this task, different players in the waste oil industry make questionable choices or flat out mistakes. The paper relates that illegal dumping or waste oil is less common than accidental occurrences but both have happened, sometimes in international or allied waters. The paper asserts that contamination of water or land by waste oils is detrimental to the United States population, and, in addition, incidents such as spills jeopardize international trade and political relationships.

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"The waste oil industry is continually faced with disposing of or reusing a product considered hazardous to the environment, animals, and humans. In attempts to meet this task, different players in the waste oil industry make questionable choices or flat out mistakes. Illegal dumping or waste oil is less common than accidental occurrences but both have happened, sometimes in international or allied waters. Contamination of water or land by waste oils is detrimental to the United States population. In addition, incidents such as spills jeopardize international trade and political relationships. Waste oil comes from a number of sources and is disposed of in a variety of ways. The U.S. Department of Energy (1987) lists the following sources..."

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