Who collects waste petrol from vehicle recovery operators?
In brief
City Fuel Services collects waste petrol from vehicle recovery operators across England, Wales and mainland Scotland, from drums and cans, bulked at the yard. Call 07950 582635 or send an enquiry.
Booking a collection of waste petrol
Tell us your name or business and the postcode, roughly how much waste petrol you have and in what containers, whether anything else has got into it, how a vehicle reaches it, and whether you need one collection or regular ones.
Rules at recovery operators
Drained fuel is hazardous waste at the yard and moves on consignment notes.
How City Fuel Services handles waste petrol
Every load of waste petrol is assessed before anything is booked. Tell us the quantity, the containers and any contamination; we confirm the terms, collect with a suitable vehicle, and take it to a permitted facility on a consignment note.
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 | Vehicle recovery operators |
|---|---|
| Typical containers | Drums and cans, bulked at the yard. |
| 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.