Why pouring cooking oil down the sink is not a good idea!

 

Most of the blockages in the sanitation networks are caused by the oil that is thrown down the drains, since it adheres around the pipes reducing their discharge flow.
    • Cooking oil is an organic product, therefore, when it is dumped down the drains, it becomes food for rats, cockroaches, worms, etc.
    • The purification of oil in water is very expensive, therefore, it increases the economic costs of the municipal purification service.
    • On the other hand, cooking oil can be reused, since it is the raw material (after being treated) for the production of biofuels, which pollute 80% less than the rest of gasoline and oil due to its low CO2 emission.

Therefore, if we recycle used cooking oil:

    • We eliminate a polluting residue
    • We improve the reuse of treated water
    • We make wastewater treatment processes cheaper
    • We reduce the degradation and obstruction of sanitation systems
    • We reduce the probability of proliferation in living organisms in sanitation networks
    • We reduce energy dependence on the outside

The process to recycle oil begins in the houses, bars, restaurants or hotels that decide to save the oil instead of throwing it away.

WHAT PROCESS IS FOLLOWED ON MENORCA?

COLLECTION. With the fleet of vehicles at INGENI MEDI AMBIENT, the used vegetable oil is collected, both from street containers and drums distributed by catering establishments.

 

EMPTYING AND CLEANING. The oil from the catering establishments is poured and filtered, and then the drums are cleaned, which will be reused for subsequent collection. 

As for oil collected from the roadside containers, all the containers are emptied, later the containers are also recycled and we contribute the caps to social projects. 

SEPARATION OF PARTICLES AND WATER. The oil is allowed to settle because the particles and the water need to be separated.

 

 STORAGE. It is stored in special containers.

 

SHIPPING. It is sent to a recycling plant outside Menorca and BIODIESEL IS MANUFACTURED.

 

 

The blog song for today is : "Milk and Alcohol" by Dr Feelgood

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