Ecological disposal of gas stations' oily mud?

Question

Does any body knows the best ecological disposal system for mud from the oil traps in service stations?

Answer 1

There is the steam treatment. There is the evaporation treatment. There is, most interestingly, the treatment that eats the stuff--see the alabaster website. Bioremediation employs bacteria to digest the oil. With steam it softens and separates (proverbial oil and water separation mechanism). With the evaporation, the light compounds evaporate into the air, the heavier liquids run off into a pit where they are collected.

Answer 2

I don't know but I do think this is a potential ecological disaster - all these abandoned gasoline stations with tanks that rust and leak. This is causing trouble right now in Richmond, VA, where construction on new science and engineering buildings at Virginia Commonwealth University is being significantly delayed by the finding on construction sites of abandoned gasoline station pollution.

Answer 3

The oil/mud can be burnt producing useful heat.

Don't get too hung up on these issues. There are millions of tons of shipping at the bottom of the sea leaking oil. The environment takes care of it as long as we don't interfer too much.

Answer 4

There are companies that treat the material with bacteria. It can also be incinerated.