Used cooking oil collection
The ongoing collection cycle for used cooking oil from your fryer, running on the contract you set up before opening.
The ongoing collection cycle for used cooking oil from your fryer, running on the contract you set up before opening. Most operators swap the container roughly monthly, though a high-volume kitchen may need it more often — check the container isn't overflowing between scheduled visits rather than assuming the default frequency always fits.
A missed collection leaves you with a full or overflowing container, which usually ends with someone tempted to pour the overflow down a drain — the single most common cause of blocked commercial drains, and something your water company can recharge you for once it's traced back to your premises.
If your current collector keeps missing the schedule or the container keeps overflowing, it's worth getting a competing quote.
Who this is for
Any venue with a deep fryer already on a used cooking oil collection contract.
What you’ll hold
- Waste transfer note for each oil collection
Watch out for
- Letting the container overflow between collections because trade picked up — flag a volume increase to your collector rather than waiting for the next scheduled swap.
- Losing track of the collection dates so gaps only get noticed when the container is already full.
- Not filing the transfer note from each collection — every oil collection needs its own note, the same as any other controlled waste stream.
Sources
- GOV.UK — Managing your waste: an overview checked 2026-09-02
See also
- Used cooking oil collection— this becomes part of getting open →
This is item 6 of 60 in the free UK Compliance Calendar. See the whole list →