Used Cooking Oil Recycling & Pickup in Edison NJ
The fryer never sleeps and neither do the fines. Grease Connections turns yesterday’s hot oil into tomorrow’s clean fuel, while you stay focused on plates and guests. With sealed NJ code tanks, data driven pickup routes, and a guarantee against FOG violations, we protect your kitchen, cashflow, and conscience.
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Why Edison’s Kitchens Trust Grease Connections
Edison mandates grease traps in all commercial kitchens, with certified plans due within 60 days of notice; non compliance brings steep fines and emergency shutdowns. Our clients tell us their biggest fear is an after hours spill that floods the prep line or a surprise plumbing inspection that finds traps over limit.
Grease Connections solves both: we supply lockable, leak proof containers sized for your fryer volume, install them after hours, and log every pickup in a digital certificate you can forward to inspectors in seconds. Local rivals may cover multiple states, but our dispatch yard is fifteen minutes from downtown Edison, so we hit 93 percent of routes before 10 a.m., eliminating kitchen clog anxiety. Restaurants realize the “aha” moment when that first spotless inspection passes without them lifting a wrench.
Zero Spill Storage Built for NJ Code
New Jersey’s Department of Environmental Protection “strongly recommends the use of above ground storage tanks for used oil collection” to cut leak risk and simplify inspection. Our proprietary steel tanks sit on secondary containment pans and feature quick seal butterfly valves no open drums, no siphon hoses, no pest attraction.
Sensors alert our route managers the moment fill reaches 80 percent, so overflow is impossible. Many newcomers still drop 55 gallon drums that staff must drag outside, a practice the EPA flags as a leading cause of floor drain contamination fines. By exceeding code, we remove the hidden worry that the inspector will ask, “Where’s your containment?” and we give you back floor space once reserved for messy barrels.
Predictive Pickups That Fit Your Pace
Yellow grease prices move weekly and collection schedules should too. The USDA’s energy roundup shows central U.S. yellow grease bids swing 10 ¢ per lb within a single quarter, while bio diesel demand keeps rising thanks to renewable diesel mandates.
Our algorithm blends your fryer throughput data with market pricing to time collections for maximum rebate potential, then auto generates NJ DOT compliant manifests you can access in our portal. Competitors run “every other Friday” truck loops regardless of volume, leaving Edison kitchens with half empty tanks or messy overflow. Operators sorry, restaurants love that our drivers text a 30 minute ETA, roll in, vacuum the oil without entering the cook line, and roll out in under seven minutes.
| Service Metric | Grease Connections | Typical Collection Company |
|---|---|---|
| Routing logic | Real time volume + market price | Fixed calendar |
| Average pickup time (min) | 7 | 20 |
| Digital compliance docs | Instant portal | E mailed PDF days later |
From Fryer to Fuel And Cash Back
Recycled oil heads to our Middlesex County pre treatment plant, then on to a partner refinery to become renewable diesel that cuts lifecycle CO₂ by up to 94 percent compared with petroleum diesel. When yellow grease markets exceed threshold, we credit your account automatically no haggling, no minimum volume clauses.
While prices dipped in 2024, a rebound is expected as imports tighten. Industry watchdogs note that fair market rebates can offset as much as 15 percent of a mid size restaurant’s frying oil budget. The real upside? You tell eco conscious diners their fries just powered a delivery truck across town a story worth more than pennies per pound.
Compliance Handled
Edison follows NJAC 8:24 and NJDEP groundwater permits that cap FOG at 70 mg ⁄ L and require audible overflow alarms on grease equipment. Our tanks arrive pre calibrated with strobe and siren, and every manifest logs volume, driver ID, vehicle ID, and destination facility, meeting the state’s “trucked or hauled waste” documentation rule. We archive five years of records in the cloud ready when auditors knock. The EPA’s best practice guide warns that missing filter drain logs can trigger hazardous waste classification; our system stamps each filter change so you’re always in the clear. In short, we do the red tape; you do the recipes.
We even notify your previous collection company and haul away the old drums at no charge
One Call. One Form. Fry On.
The only objection we hear is, “Switching sounds like a hassle.” Truth: our tech snaps photos of your current setup on Tuesday, our crew swaps containers Wednesday before dawn, and you pour fresh oil Thursday as if nothing happened.