Part of my servicing included £8.25 for an Environmental Charge. Anyone else come across this one?

I think it's a charge for disposal of the oil environmently friendly.

They have to pay to have old oil taken, so they pass it on to you.

It seems it's acceptable to add a charge for everything these days.

Seems a little heavy to me - my last service a few days ago cost £4.95 env charge.

Ask to take it home with you and dispose of it for free at the local dump.

Ask to take it home with you and dispose of it for free at the local dump.

Or pour it down the drain lol

It's actually part of brand standards to show oil disposal on the invoice. Its normally built into the hourly rate but has to be shown to prove we are doing it.

Ask to take it home with you and dispose of it for free at the local dump.

Health and safety regs actually forbid us to do that.

Health and safety regs actually forbid us to do that.

What regulation is that, or is it a company one rather than law?

It's not just the oil, it's the various filters and other fluids as well that have to be disposed of in a responsible way. By the time the customer has provided suitable containers, given the instruction before the service is started and gone to the trouble of disposing of the waste, is it really so much to pay for the added convenience?

The oil has to be drained into an approved device. Technically for health and safety reasons we shouldnt actually be draining it anyhow, it should be sucked out into a sealed unit. It's all about handling hazardous materials. Used engine oil especially diesel oil is dangerous stuff and prolonged exposure is not recommended. So tryIng to catch it in a 5L container to return to the customer just wouldn't be allowed anyhow.

So be honest all you techies out there, in reality it is being used in a used oil burner to keep your workshops warm and cosy in the winter!!

Ian

Lol, no.

Not actually allowed to do that anymore either.

Or pour it down the drain lol

That was a joke right, would create a slick and kill animals

That was a joke right, would create a slick and kill animals

Obviously.

Jolly D

It's the same in the electrical/electronic Industry. We get charged a "were" charge whenever we purchase a light fitting/tubes/lamps per item. I questioned this and they said it covers the cost of it of the item to be be recycled. In a way it works out better for us to be charged this weee charged as if we doing a big job of bulk lamp changes or fitting changes we take it straight back to the wholesaler rather than pay for 2 skips so it becomes their problem

Alot of big companies as part of their environmental policies now need a paper trail to see that their stuff is being disposed of correctly so if I change 5 tubes I attach a copy of the wholesalers invoice which has the weee charge for the 5 tubes on it, to our invoice so they can produce it when they get audited

That was a joke right, would create a slick and kill animals

Or pour it down the drain lol

Better not start your Car Alan, Produces deadly fumes that kill animals and people

I think 5 litrrs of oil down a drain is a bit more drastic than 20 miles a fortnight