Government Decision on oil waste management (No. 101 of 1997). Country/Territory Finland Document type Regulation Date 1997 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Waste & hazardous substances Keyword Waste management Waste disposal Ecofriendly products/ecofriendly processes Recycling/reuse Oil Oil pollution Geographical area Arctic, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, North-East Atlantic, Northern Europe Abstract This Decision concerns the handling, regeneration, disposal and recovery of energy from of oil waste, i.e. used lubricant or industrial oil or other oil consisting wholly or partly of mineral oil or synthetic oil, which has become unfit for its originally intended purpose, or which its holder has discarded, intends to discard, or is required to discard. Oikl waste is listed in the Annex to the Ministry of the Environment Decision on the List of the Most Common Wastes and of Hazardous Wastes (867/1996). Oil waste shall be recovered if this is technically feasible and does not entail excessive additional costs compared with some other form of oil waste management. Other oil waste shall be disposaed of in accordance with the Waste Act. Oil waste shall not be released into a water body, sea, groundwater or a sewer system. Full text English/Swedish Website www.finlex.fi