GEIR: 50TH ANNIVERSARY
Re-refining success GEIR celebrates its 50th anniversary!
Dr Christian Hartmann, GEIR
If year 1969 remains in everyone’s minds as the year of the first manned landing on the Moon and Neil Armstrong’s first steps on the Earth’s satellite, this year is also most significant for the regeneration industry. It is indeed in 1969 that inspired businessmen Mr. Brassart (France), Schieppati (Italy) and Haberland (Germany) decided to reach for their own European stars, by founding GEIR (le Groupement Européen de l’Industrie de la Régénération) – the European Regeneration Industry section of UEIL (Independent Union of the European Lubricants industry).
Due to its longevity and its active involvement, GEIR has been a privileged witness of all legislative and regulatory developments at European level impacting the re-refining industry. From the first Directive on waste oil giving priority to regeneration in 1975, to the 2018 revised Waste Framework Directive calling for the European Commission to assess the feasibility of a regeneration target for waste oils, not to forget the introduction of the new waste hierarchy core principle in 2004 (which translates in regeneration ranking higher than burning) – GEIR was there.
50 years later, and in spite of major breakthroughs, GEIR is still rolling up its sleeves to achieve its primary objective: promote waste oil collection and regeneration across the European Union, notably by supporting the technical development of waste oil regeneration, and the priority of waste oil regeneration over direct or indirect burning.
Along the way, GEIR membership has grown steadily; today it represents more than 2/3 of the industry active in Europe, with member companies located in ten Member States of the European Union, with Belarus and Turkey being associated members (see our full membership below).
The map below provides an excellent overview of the re-refining industry landscape in Europe and beyond, showing the sector’s dynamism, the existing facilities diversity, and the upcoming new projects.
Continued on page 40 38 LUBE MAGAZINE NO.154 DECEMBER 2019
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