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Contemporary Used Oil Audits, in the Cook Islands.

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The Secretariat of the Pacific Enironment Programme (SPREP) retained Golder Associates New Caledonia Sarl (Golder) to perform contemporay used oil audits in Cook Islands, Kiribati, Nauru, Solomon Islands, Tonga and Tuvalu to establish volumes of lubricating, hydraulic and transmissions oils imported into each country and the volume of used oil produced, and stored or otherwise disposed of. The main sources of used oil are power generation and moto vehicles. Used oil contains high levels of heavy metals and some amounts of more toxic chemicals.
Display date:
2014
Location:
Cook Islands
Collections:
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
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Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
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Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
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