Categories for Cooking Oil Recycling

The Top Reasons You Should Be Recycling Your Used Cooking Oil

February 1, 2020

When you own a business that involves cooking, whether it’s a school, hospital or restaurant, you’re bound to go through a lot of cooking oil. Eventually it degrades and loses its flavor, making it unsuitable for continued use in the kitchen. If you pour it down the drain, you risk clogging your plumbing and causing serious issues, but throwing it out isn’t exactly the best solution, either. That’s where recycling comes in—you can get rid of your used oil safely and quickly, and even guarantee that it will go on to have further purpose. Here are the best reasons to... View Article

What Can Recycled Cooking Oil Be Used For?

January 18, 2020

In both home and commercial kitchens, used cooking oil is a significant byproduct. You can’t pour it down the drain (unless you welcome bonus visits from your favorite plumber), which makes it more complicated to deal with than you might prefer. However, your used cooking oil can actually go on to do great things, when you recycle it properly. If your commercial kitchen needs a safe and reliable used cooking oil disposal service, call Safeway Used Oil and Grease. We’ll collect your spent oil and make sure its usefulness didn’t end in your deep fryer. Here are just some of... View Article

What Happens to Recycled Cooking Oil?

October 15, 2019

Most of us care about the environment and we do things to help protect it, but there are small things we do every day that are harmful but often go unnoticed. We’ve all opted for a plastic bag when we didn’t need to, or left the lights or the TV on at home. While things like this have a relatively small impact, there are other small things we do that are more harmful, like the ways we dispose of cooking oil. There are over 650,000 restaurants across the U.S., and they use millions of gallons of cooking oil each year.... View Article

Eight Safe and Effective Methods of Cooking Oil Disposal in New Orleans, LA

August 16, 2019

For busy restaurants, keeping up with responsible cooking oil disposal may seem like a daunting task. That’s why the experts at your local cooking oil disposal service in New Orleans, LA are here to help, with the following eight cooking oil recycling tips that your business can easily put in place: Reuse it: Instead of throwing your cooking oil out right away, try filtering it so it is still safe to cook with, and reuse it. While it is probably best to reuse oil that was used to cook meat or fish only once or twice, oil that was used... View Article

Used Oil Recycling in New Orleans, LA: Can I Recycle Cooking Oil?

July 1, 2019

Perhaps you’ve heard of recycling the oil in your car. But did you know that you can also recycle cooking oil? That’s right—used oil recycling includes your kitchen as well as your garage! How does this process work? Here’s an overview of used oil recycling in New Orleans, LA to help you understand how it works and the value of this process. How It’s Used You might wonder what use your old cooking oil could possibly have for other functions. The fact is, used cooking oil can be used to generate power and for heating processes. The oil is refined... View Article

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