Best Practice Advice
To reduce
the amount of oil entering the marine environment from your boat
just follow our best practice advice.
- Install
inline bilge filters to catch oil and fuel before it gets pumped
over the side
- Check
your bilge before pumping as oil and fuel can leak from the engine
and gather in the bilge.
- Use a
drip tray under the engine to catch leaks (this is a legal
requirement on many inland waterways).
- Use a bilge sock to absorb oil and fuel in
the bilges.
- Use a funnel when pouring fuel or oil.
- Use a fuel collar to catch drips when
refuelling
- Avoid overfilling your tank to reduce the
risk of fuel overflowing from vents.
- Allow room for expansion in the tank.
- Maintain fuel lines, connections and seals to
help avoid leaks
- Transfer oil and fuel in proper
containers
- Dispose of waste oil at appropriate
facilities
- Dispose of all oily or fuel-soaked materials
in hazardous waste containers
- Avoid using oil and fuel on the pontoons,
other than on those dedicated to refuelling
- If possible, on land do not to use oil and
fuel within ten metres of the shore
- Contact the relevant environment agency to
report any oil spills or call the 24 hour pollution hotline on 0800
807060
- Never use detergents to deal with spills.
Detergents may disperse the fuel or oil but they can be more toxic
to aquatic life than the oil itself
- Carry a spill kit on board and learn how to
use it
- Consider using biofuels
- Find out where you can dispose of or recycle
old oil at the oil bank line
- Never store oil and fuel in areas which are
prone to flooding, extremes of wind or tide
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