How often should a household have waste petrol collected?
In brief
Usually a one-off. Regular collections of waste petrol keep storage low and cut fire and pollution risk. Call 07950 582635 or send an enquiry.
Where waste petrol builds up at households
Old heating oil, fuel left in garden equipment and vehicles, and inherited cans and drums.
Containers at households
Heating oil tanks, cans and small drums.
How City Fuel Services handles waste petrol
We collect waste petrol from cans and drums up to bulk tanks, across England, Wales and mainland Scotland, from our licensed site in Droylsden, Manchester. Terms, a rebate or a charge, are agreed before collection.
Terms used in this answer
- IBC (intermediate bulk container)
- A plastic tank, usually holding 1,000 litres, in a steel cage on a pallet base. The most common container for drained fuel.
- Uplift
- The fuel trade's word for a collection: pumping fuel out of a tank or container and taking it away.
| Sector | Households |
|---|---|
| Typical containers | Heating oil tanks, cans and small drums. |
| Fuel | Petrol |
| Also called | gasoline, motor spirit, unleaded |
| Waste code | 13 07 02* (petrol) |
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Petrol in brief
Unleaded petrol, also called gasoline or motor spirit, is a light, volatile fuel for spark-ignition engines, made in the UK to BS EN 228. Petrol can be recovered, but its volatility, evaporation losses and handling controls mean it is usually worth less than the same volume of clean diesel.
Official guidance: GOV.UK: hazardous waste.