Used Cooking Oil Collection
Transform Your Used Cooking Oil Into Something Better
Making Waste a Resource
There’s no need to let a valuable resource go to waste. We recycle fats, oils, and grease (FOG) from thousands of organizations across Metro Vancouver. Whether you’re a passionate household culinary artist, own a local restaurant (or food truck), manage a national chain, or operate a food processing facility, EcoZero can help breathe new life into your used cooking oil.
Recycling your used cooking oil is an easy way to fight climate change and make a positive impact on the environment. It allows you to dispose of your waste responsibly while providing us with a renewable resource for eco-friendly biodiesel. Our reliable and sustainable service is a solution to the landfill problem by reducing the stream to landfills, recovering it from organizations, and recycling it into green fuel.
Why EcoZero
At EcoZero, we’re more than just used cooking oil collectors – we’re zero waste champions dedicated to building a brighter, cleaner, and safer future fueled by renewable energy.
The cooking oil that we collect gets a second life as biodiesel, a cleaner alternative to traditional petroleum diesel that offers fewer emissions and a significantly lower carbon footprint that helps address climate change and reduce environmental impacts.
Biodiesel made from your oil is:
- Locally sourced to ensure the region’s economy is supported
- Sustainable because it’s made entirely from renewable resources
- Biodegradable in water and soil
- Clean burning, low carbon, and good for the environment
Finding a quality service partner who understands your specific operation can be a challenge. EcoZero offers one point of contact for all your grease needs, with a crew dedicated to moving you efficiently through new business setup, service requests, equipment upgrades, or whatever your need may be. We pledge service commitment and expertise dedicated to what you need to keep your business running like a well-oiled machine.
How It Works
Our services help you focus on what’s more important, your business. That’s why recycling your used cooking oil with EcoZero is easy.
- Contact us and we will deliver and install a special container free of charge.
- When the container is nearly full, contact us to schedule a pickup.
- Your container will be emptied within 2 business days for regular pickups and 1 business day for emergencies.
- All you need to do is to fill the container with used cooking oil, and we’ll take care of the rest.
Best Practises
Although used cooking oil is not hazardous, spills and leaks can be harmful to the environment if they enter the stormwater system. Follow these simple tips to prevent spills, minimize odors, and keep your collection area clean:
- Never put any other waste material in your bin. EcoZero containers are for used cooking oil only. No garbage, food waste, or other liquids, please.
- Periodically scrape the grate at the top of your container. Food particles can cause clogging or make your container appear full. Please dispose of food particles in the compost or food waste bin.
- Be careful when pouring oil into the container. If you experience a spill, you can clean it up using absorbent pads, or by sprinkling it with sand or kitty litter before sweeping it into the garbage.
- Only use locks provided by EcoZero. Locking your container is a great way to prevent theft and keep garbage and other materials out of your container. Please make sure to use the lock we give you. Using a different lock could prevent us from collecting your oil.
Home Cooking Oil Recycling
Home cooks can also recycle their used cooking oil with EcoZero. Across Metro Vancouver, we’ve set up convenient public drop-off locations, making it easy to dispose of your old cooking oil. You can reuse oil only once or twice. Each time you reuse oil it, deteriorates, and the smoke point (the temperature at which it will burn) decreases.
The Do’s & Don’ts of Home Cooking Oil Recycling
FAQ’s
Not only is there no cost to use EcoZero, we pay you for your used cooking oil.
Yes! We are excited to now offer this service as well. See GREASE TRAPS
There is a minimum of 100 kg per pick up. For residential pick up, we take a minimum of 200 kg and all oil must be in containers no smaller than 16 kg each.
No. If you wish to receive payment, all oil must be stored in one container per location. This means commercial kitchens must store all oil in a container larger than 100 kg (our minimum pick up amount for commercial kitchens); and residents must store all oil in a container larger than 200 kg (our minimum pick up amount for residents).
The frequency of our service and size of the bin you are given will be based on your individual businesses needs.
EcoZero uses fully trained and experienced drivers in specially designed diesel trucks. The strict licensing standards of our operators and drivers means we will deliver the highest level of operational safety, quality, and compliance to our customers.
We believe that all waste is a resource. By paying people and organizations for their used cooking oil, we hope to encourage the recovery, recycling, and reuse of materials.
We offer fair market value for the used cooking oil that we take from clients. Our payments are made on a biannual basis.
We provide commercial kitchen customers with free containers for waste cooking oil storage. If you do not wish to get paid but would like us to pick up your oil from your home or business, you must store the used cooking oil in containers no smaller than 16 kg each. Please review our minimum requirements for this option.
We work with any business that needs to dispose of used cooking oil from individual restaurants to larger chains, school and hospital cafeterias, food manufacturers, and more.
Ecozero has worked with municipalities across the Lower Mainland to set up public drop-off points for your used cooking oil. Please see the following link for locations near you. https://ecozero.ca/resources/drop-off-locations/
Get Started Today
Begin recycling your used cooking oil by giving us a call or submitting a Service Request. We also offer a professional Grease Trap Cleaning Service, allowing businesses to work with a single vendor for all their grease management needs.
For your convenience, our public drop-off locations are spread throughout the Lower Mainland. View our full list of public drop-off locations for addresses, or to find a site near you.
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