Own a Restaurant? Here's How to Protect Your Cooking OilRecycling Pick-Up ServicesUpdated on Apr 5, 2019 View more like this | Visit CHICAGO, IL | Contact Sam Casteris |
Cooking oil is not used just to help cook meals but to add flavor to foods. Once you are done cooking, however, you are left with a bunch of used up grease. Many people have grease traps installed, making it easy to eliminate the grease and safely dispose of it or remove it from the restaurant for a company to pick it up at a later time.
With all that grease in one spot though, it makes it easy for people to come and steal.
People Who Steal Used Cooking Oil
Restaurants produce an immense amount of cooking oil grease. When people steal this they then resell it to refineries that process the grease to sell to farmers and factories that support biofuel and animal feed.
Because this is an issue that is not widely known to the masses, it has not been brought to the attention of society on a massive scale. Awareness may be one of the key things to prevent further stealing of cooking oil. This, in turn, can reduce the cost and the economy won’t take as a hard of a hit because of it.
By stealing the cooking oil, they are the ones making the profit and also the reason prices have increased over the years for the people that need to purchase products that contain it.
This is also a loss to the restaurant owner because had the grease been handled properly, it could help with their business revenue. Because certain companies rely on this grease for production of their own products they often have no choice but to buy from the thieves.
Why It’s a Good Idea to Keep Cooking Oil Indoors
Keeping your cooking oil indoors can help prevent theft and help you and others from losing more money. One thing that you can do is install security cameras that face your grease tank or corral. This will make the thieves think twice before they steal your stuff.
Check your grease oil levels to see if they are going down. This is a good indicator that someone is stealing your oil and you can proceed with security measures from there.
You can also opt to fence in your oil which makes it difficult to access the oil. By putting locks on the gate and some barbed wire around the top of the fence, you can prevent anyone from getting into the grease area unless they are people designated to do so.
This can also go hand in hand with having an alarm nearby. You can have an alarm that you set at night after business hours that allows you to be notified of trespassers, and you can also have an alarm that alerts you when your tank or coral run lower than a certain amount of oil.
Always be familiar with the people and vehicles who come to take away your oil. The professionals will have security measures of their own set in place to make sure everything is legal.
They will provide names, most likely be in a company service vehicle and have contact information in the event you have any suspicions or questions.
Of course, if you suspect thieves, notify the police. By bringing awareness to this serious issue, oil thieving can be brought to an end.
Conclusion
By taking proper precautions, you can prevent thieves from getting your cooking oil. This is, in turn, can help you save money and help others in reducing the cost to obtain this very precious commodity.
Keeping cooking oil indoors is a health violation and fire hazard, but by segregating your oil to a safe and designated place outside or in an enclosed area separate from the restaurant, you can protect all of your assets the right way.
With all that grease in one spot though, it makes it easy for people to come and steal.
People Who Steal Used Cooking Oil
Restaurants produce an immense amount of cooking oil grease. When people steal this they then resell it to refineries that process the grease to sell to farmers and factories that support biofuel and animal feed.
Because this is an issue that is not widely known to the masses, it has not been brought to the attention of society on a massive scale. Awareness may be one of the key things to prevent further stealing of cooking oil. This, in turn, can reduce the cost and the economy won’t take as a hard of a hit because of it.
By stealing the cooking oil, they are the ones making the profit and also the reason prices have increased over the years for the people that need to purchase products that contain it.
This is also a loss to the restaurant owner because had the grease been handled properly, it could help with their business revenue. Because certain companies rely on this grease for production of their own products they often have no choice but to buy from the thieves.
Why It’s a Good Idea to Keep Cooking Oil Indoors
Keeping your cooking oil indoors can help prevent theft and help you and others from losing more money. One thing that you can do is install security cameras that face your grease tank or corral. This will make the thieves think twice before they steal your stuff.
Check your grease oil levels to see if they are going down. This is a good indicator that someone is stealing your oil and you can proceed with security measures from there.
You can also opt to fence in your oil which makes it difficult to access the oil. By putting locks on the gate and some barbed wire around the top of the fence, you can prevent anyone from getting into the grease area unless they are people designated to do so.
This can also go hand in hand with having an alarm nearby. You can have an alarm that you set at night after business hours that allows you to be notified of trespassers, and you can also have an alarm that alerts you when your tank or coral run lower than a certain amount of oil.
Always be familiar with the people and vehicles who come to take away your oil. The professionals will have security measures of their own set in place to make sure everything is legal.
They will provide names, most likely be in a company service vehicle and have contact information in the event you have any suspicions or questions.
Of course, if you suspect thieves, notify the police. By bringing awareness to this serious issue, oil thieving can be brought to an end.
Conclusion
By taking proper precautions, you can prevent thieves from getting your cooking oil. This is, in turn, can help you save money and help others in reducing the cost to obtain this very precious commodity.
Keeping cooking oil indoors is a health violation and fire hazard, but by segregating your oil to a safe and designated place outside or in an enclosed area separate from the restaurant, you can protect all of your assets the right way.
