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HOMES
To dispose of cooking oil at home, pour the oil into an empty milk carton or another old, unrecyclable takeout container and toss it in the trash. When the pan is cool, wipe it with a paper towel to remove any excess grease.
Have a compost pile? Old grease should not go in it! As a rule of thumb,
fats and animal proteins should stay out of your home compost pile
because most home piles do not get hot enough to break these materials
down, leaving the pile susceptible to rotting.
Earth911 shares some tips on cooking oil recycling at home.
The City of Lafayette's Household Chemical Waste collection does not accept used cooking oil.
East Baton Rouge Parish and West Baton Rouge Parish accept cooking oil
at their Household Hazardous Waste Collection days. which are open to parish residents only.
BUSINESSES
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| Photo courtesy Southern Oil Solutions |
Southern Oil Solutions is a Lafayette-based company that works with area restaurants, grocery stores restaurants, baseball fields, food trucks, hotels, cafeterias, mom and pop eateries, and of course festivals. In addition, they collect grease for proper disposal. Southern Oil Solutions works with businesses in and around Lafayette and travels north to Alexandria, east to Henderson, south to Morgan City, Abbeville, Gueydan, and west to Jennings, and everywhere in between.
I spoke with Brian, the owner of Southern Oil Solutions, who explained a bit more about their services. "We recycle the oil for the manufacturing of biodiesel, which is being used as
an additive in #2 diesel. The biodiesel has better emissions and is a lubricant for the
engine. Biodiesel burns cleaner, so there's less black smoke billowing out of diesel trucks, and its a renewable resource, so its a no brainer. We also clean grease traps and dispose of it properly at a recycling
facility, where the grease is used to make a supplement in animal feed," he says.
He hopes to make a residential collection bin available within Lafayette in the future, in conjunction with Lafayette Consolidated Government. He has even worked with with one local resident who contacted him about a pickup after saving their cooking oil for a year. "I would pick up if they have 20 gallons or more," Brian says.
"All in all, we are your one-stop shop for cooking oil and grease collection and recycling in the greater Acadiana area," Brian says.
For businesses near Lecompte and Holden, Louisiana, Dar Pro offers cooking oil collection.
Filta handles cooking oil collection for Baton Rouge, Denham Springs, Hammond, Gonzales and Prairieville, Louisiana.
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