Spent cooking oil is a waste (EWC code 200125) that if disposed of improperly can produce serious environmental damage and costs to the community. For years, the collection of used cooking oil from households, and no longer just from industrial and commercial users, has been part of the separate waste collection of many Italian municipalities.

The spread of this good practice is facilitated by the good economic value of this waste due to the possibility of reusing it as a base material for the production of various chemical products such as soaps, cosmetics, lubricants, and most importantly, green fuels.

Under Italian law, used vegetable oil is to all intents and purposes a nonhazardous waste (EWC 200125), and as such cannot be dispersed into the environment by any producer, whether industrial or domestic, but must be properly recovered.

Lem Linea Ecologica Mangia S.r.l., leader in the recovery of used vegetable oils, thanks to a dense collection network and the help of its subsidiaries, guarantees the service to thousands of businesses throughout the country. The company, always attentive to the demands of the market and the needs of its customers, has focused on increasing plant efficiency so as to ensure an ever-improving quality of service.