Store it properly
Waste has to be kept so it cannot escape, leak or be taken. We supply free sealed drums in the right size and swap them for clean empties at every visit.
Licensed, documented, and easy to verify
Your legal responsibility for used cooking oil does not end when it leaves your kitchen. Here is exactly what the law asks of you, what we do about it, and how to check our credentials for yourself.
- EA registered · CBDU649455
- Company no. 17353811
- Digital waste transfer notes
Your duty of care
What the law requires of your kitchen
Under section 34 of the Environmental Protection Act 1990, and the Environmental Protection (Duty of Care) Regulations 1991, any business producing waste has a legal duty of care over it. That duty follows the waste until it reaches a lawful destination. In practice it comes down to three things.
Hand it to an authorised carrier
Only a registered waste carrier may transport your oil. Ours is an Environment Agency upper tier registration covering carrier and dealer, and the number is published below for you to check.
Prove where it went
Every load needs a waste transfer note, kept for at least two years and produced on request. Ours are generated digitally at collection and stored in your account.
The third point is the one that catches kitchens out. If a collector fly-tips your oil, the fact that you paid someone to take it away is not by itself a defence. A regulator will ask what steps you took to satisfy yourself that your carrier was legitimate, which is why we publish our registration rather than simply claiming to be licensed.
Paperwork
Waste transfer notes, stored online
Every collection generates a digital waste transfer note in your secure online account, alongside the date and the litres collected. When someone asks for your waste documentation you log in and download it, rather than hunting through a drawer.
You must keep these for at least two years and produce them on request to the Environment Agency or your local authority. Failing to produce them when formally requested is itself an offence.
The problem is rarely that collections never happened. It is that nobody can find the slips proving they did.
What each note records
- Who transferred the waste and who received it, with addresses
- Our waste carrier registration details
- A description of the waste and its classification code
- The quantity, measured at your premises in front of your staff
- The date and place of transfer
- Signatures from both sides
Inspections
What an inspector actually asks for
Environmental health and council visits are rarely complicated. In our experience an officer asks for three things.
- Your recent waste transfer notes, usually the last few months
- Who your carrier is, and often their registration number
- Where the oil is stored, and whether it is secure and away from drains
The kitchens that struggle are not the ones doing something wrong. They are the ones who cannot lay hands on the evidence that they are doing it right.
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