Used Cooking Oil
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Basics
- Often abbreviated as UCO
- A Waste Product from Cooking; Largely Deep Frying
- A Feedstock in Bio-Petrochemistry
- Can also be used directly (albeit uncleanly) in Waste Oil Burners
- There may be some minor distinctions but for now “Waste Vegetable Oil” and “WVO” will redirect here
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- Fats, Oils, and Grease
- A related term, although it includes heavier solids recovered from Cleaning of Equipment etc
- Grease Trap (A Method of Collecting Irresponsibly Disposed of UCO, or Small Amounts that Accumulate in Commercial Kitchen Environments)
- A similar device is used for Car Washes / Vehicle Wash Bays albeit it yields a heavy/nasty sludge
- Kitchen Exhaust Cleaning (Need to look into recovery systems)
External Links
- The Wikipedia Page on Used Cooking Oil
- Dar Pro Solutions' Website (They are a UCO Collection + Processing Company) ]