How to Sell Waste Oil

Waste oil produced from cooking is actually not a waste product at all, but a valuable commodity that can be processed into biodiesel or used directly as an automotive or heating fuel. If you use significant amounts of cooking oil (as you might if you operate a restaurant), you can actually recoup some of your costs by selling your oil after you have used it.

Instructions

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  Look for marketplaces where you can sell waste oil. There are a number of such forums on the Internet, although if you only produce modest quantities of waste oil, or lack facilities to ship it, it may not make sense for you to try to sell to buyers far away.

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  Advertise in your local classifieds, in print or on the Internet. You might be able to find local buyers who will buy your waste oil and even pick it up from you.

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  Approach people in your community who have furnaces or cars that can run on waste vegetable oil, and offer to sell your oil to them. This tactic can be effective in communities where environmental consciousness is high, because people in these neighborhoods are likely to appreciate being able to purchase their recycled fuel oil locally, thus minimizing environmental costs associated with transporting fuel over long distances.