If you’re familiar with Food Grease Trappers, you’ve probably heard of our used cooking oil service, or “waste vegetable oil (WVO) program.” With this program, we provide competitive offers to businesses looking to dispose of their fryer oil. In turn, we sell the waste to companies working to better our local community and environment. However, if you’re new to the industry, you might be wondering how these businesses store their recycled oil for collection? In this blog, we’ll describe the different ways restaurants and venues can safely store waste oil. [Read more…]
Preventing Cooking Oil Theft at Your Restaurant
What do most restaurants have in common? Well, grease traps because most states and municipalities require them. But also, they have a deep fryer. From the humble burger joint to the five star, there will always be something that needs to be deep-fried. And with deep fryers comes large amounts of cooking oil, and that means having to dispose of it. And because grease dumping is illegal, this usually means storing it onsite until enough of it accumulates for it to get hauled away. [Read more…]
