Can red diesel left in an oil tank after a heating change be recovered?

In brief

Clean heating oil keeps its value; with small amounts the priority is safe removal. Waste gas oil is tested, dewatered and filtered like diesel, then recovered into fuel use or refinery feedstock. Call 07950 582635 or send an enquiry.

The recovery route for waste red diesel

Waste gas oil is tested, dewatered and filtered like diesel, then recovered into fuel use or refinery feedstock. The red dye and markers stay in the fuel, which is one reason marked fuel must always be declared.

Recovery and disposal codes

Recovery operations include R9 (re-refining or other reuse of oil) and R1 (use principally as a fuel); material that cannot be recovered goes to treatment (D9) or incineration (D10).

How City Fuel Services handles waste red diesel

Send us the five details: business and postcode, roughly how much waste red diesel there is, what it is and any contamination, how it is stored and reached, and whether you need one collection or regular ones. We assess it, confirm a rebate or a collection charge, and collect on a consignment note.

Terms used in this answer

Uplift: The fuel trade's word for a collection: pumping fuel out of a tank or container and taking it away.
Rebate: A payment from City Fuel Services to you for fuel that still has recoverable value, agreed after assessment and before collection.

Key facts
Situation	After a heating change
Priority	Not urgent, but tanks should not be left full and unused for years.
Fuel	Red diesel
Also called	gas oil, rebated diesel, marked gas oil
Waste code	13 07 01* (fuel oil and diesel)