In China. FOG (fat, oil and grease) interceptors are being looted for "drainage oil" to be refined and recycled. The report says that the oil recyclers pay to the restaurants for allowing to collect the oil, and sell it for 3 yuan a liter (instead of 9 yuan for fresh oil). Fresh "virgin" soya oil costs about 1 dollar in Israel too, but the restaurant owner has to pay about 1500 shekel (400 dollars) for interceptor cleanup and disposal in "Lipodan", the recycling monopoly. In Israel, the Ministry of Health sometimes demands to see the receipts of the legal disposal of the oil. And I dont think that restaurants would risk using low quality oil. It is not an important expense.
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For poor countries recycling cooking oil makes sense. I have a relation in India who has a side business doing the same thing.
Ivan
I presume you are right. I never heard it done in Israel, probably because restaurants are inspected all the time.
As you wrote its a measure of prosperity:
one litre of sunflower oil costs Rs80.0-100.0 in India, average wage per day @ Rs200-300, the same in Singapore costs SGD3.00, average wage per day SGD80.0-150.0
Here in the USA we have 2 types of restaurant grease that are typically disposed of separately, We have Yellow grease from vats that is easily recycled. We then have brown grease from grease interceptors that is typically not recycled. Which begs the question. Do they not separate the yellow grease from the brown grease in Israel? Also, recycling makes sense whether you are a rich or poor country. Which of course is why its taking off like wildfire in the USA.
Here in the USA we have 2 types of restaurant grease that are typically disposed of separately, We have Yellow grease from vats that is easily recycled. We then have brown grease from grease interceptors that is typically not recycled. Which begs the question. Do they not separate the yellow grease from the brown grease in Israel? Also, recycling makes sense whether you are a rich or poor country. Which of course is why its taking off like wildfire in the USA.
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