Cooking oil is a staple of southern cooking. Disposing of waste oil properly—especially in large quantities—can be surprisingly lucrative. Hiring a company like Southern Green Industries to dispose of waste cooking oil correctly through recycling allows businesses to offset some of their expenses.

Improper oil disposal via sewers or storm drains is highly illegal. Dumping oil down the drain is ill-advised because it can cause blockages and backups in your plumbing and Georgia’s sewage systems. In addition, it causes significant environmental damage.

How Does Cooking Oil Cause Environmental Harm?

Water Pollution

If cooking oil enters the sewers, it pollutes the water cycle. Treating wastewater so it can be returned to the environment is vital because the planet’s water is finite. Anything that interferes with that process can have long-term consequences.

A fair amount of waste oil does reach wastewater treatment facilities via sewers. The good news is wastewater professionals have adopted methods of dealing with oil in wastewater. They can combine pH adjustments with oil skimming, utilize coalescing oil water separators and various chemical and biological treatment processes to handle oil in wastewater.

Land Pollution

If cooking oil is dumped down the drain and enters the water cycle, the water will transport the oil to the land. Large quantities of cooking oil could damage land so severely that farmers cannot grow crops on it. Georgia’s food service and agricultural industries could suffer because of land pollution.

Air Pollution

When cooking oils are emitted into the air, they often create an unpleasant odor. At low levels, the inhalation of cooking oil vapors is safe, even if it smells bad. Still, maintaining clientele may be an uphill battle if the air in your restaurant or its parking lot reeks of grease.

Animal Death

Spilled cooking oil can potentially destroy the habitats of aquatic animals and land animals. Oil can coat the animals’ bodies and impacts their breathing. The repercussions of animal death extend far beyond the loss of biodiversity. Mass die-offs due to large spills of hazardous waste can result in significant disruptions to the local ecosystem.

Every native animal plays a role in the local food chain. For instance, birds and various land animals play a fundamental role in flower reproduction. If these creatures or their habitats are damaged, many plants will face grave risk. The reduction of one species could have cascading consequences on other species.   

What Are the Consequences of Cooking Oil Production?

Deforestation is a prevalent concern because acres and acres of forest are destroyed annually so farmers have the real estate to grow olives, canola, soybeans and other products that are later turned into cooking oils. These crops require pesticides and other chemicals, which eventually make their way into the water cycle via sewers, lakes, rivers and aquifers.

How Should I Dispose of Cooking Oil in Georgia?

Restaurant owners or other Georgia food service business owners who regularly use cooking oil in fryers can easily schedule routine pick-ups of waste oil with Southern Green Industries. When you work with our team, you’ll never need to worry about improper disposal or inadvertently harming the local environment.

Our name is Southern Green because we’re committed to maintaining the greenest fryer oil recycling and grease trap cleaning services in Atlanta. We’ve even modified our own vehicle fleet to run on the clean biodiesel we generate from our fryer oil recycling.  

Why Should I Choose Southern Green Industries?

Southern Green Industries is an Atlanta-based company that services businesses all over Georgia. Our team of specialists has the equipment and the skill set to meet any commercial fryer oil recycling and grease trap cleaning needs, small or large. Please feel free to visit our website to learn more about us. 

What Is the Southern Green Industries Difference?

1. Free Drop-Off: Our team will deliver an appropriately sized oil collection container based on your needs.
2. Easy Cleanup: Your staff discards used fryer oil and grease into the container.
3. Easy Disposal: The Southern Green Industries team collects the oil and recycles it into biodiesel.

We can also install an integrated oil management system so waste oil is transferred directly from your fryer to our oil storage tanks, eliminating the risk for injuries, spills or messes caused by waste fryer oil disposal.

The best part? Southern Green Industries pays you top dollar for your waste oil.

Call Southern Green Industries Today for a Free Quote

Are you looking to make the most of your used fryer oil? If you are, Southern Green Industries offers a solution that benefits the planet and your wallet. If you are interested in our commercial services, call us at 404-419-6887 for a free quote.