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Don’t pay to have it taken away and what ever you do, don’t pour it away The Oil Solution to the problem (continued) by Lee Quinn
Last month we presented our first article about Oil Solutions, a local, independent business, locally owned and based in the Main Street at Brough. Oil Solutions collect waste oil from many commercial businesses across Cumbria, Lancashire, County Durham and the Borders, that use cooking oils, like cafes, pubs, fish & chip shops, restaurants, schools and hotels. Basically anywhere commercially, where cooking oil is used, Oil Solutions collect. Oil Solutions do not charge for collection to take your waste oil away. In some cases, they pay you for waste oil when it comes to regular collections and suitable volumes being collected. On collection, they are also able to sell and distribute a range of the best
quality oils to businesses. It is a real oil exchange operation. The question I asked recently, was how much oil is collected from smaller businesses like B & Bs, domestic homes with the once a week fry up, odd or regular use of a fat fryer like doughnut friers? Where does it go and who collects it or does it simply end up down the drain? Well, I spoke to a collective group of local supermarkets and the answer is that 1000s of litres of cooking oil are purchased. Where does it go? Nobody knows.
What we would like to see happen is that it all gets recycled and becomes bio diesel. This is the best option for the drains in Cumbria and the environment. Oil solutions cannot collect from every house, but what we are doing now is setting up oil exchange hubs. All you have to do is bring your oil back in a plastic or glass bottle to an oil exchange hub and Oil Solutions, who are now working with the Penrith Coop Society and local schools, will collect. Local schools will be given a donation related to the volume collected. The Penrith Co-op will be giving you money off your next purchase of oil. Join the oil collection round and become a part of the ‘Oil Exchange’. Call Oil Solutions Ltd on 017683 41106 for a collection crate or tub or barrel. For more details log on to www. oilsolutions.org on drop in to Oil Solutions, Main Street, Brough, Cumbria CA17 4AX .On site, they do top grade Bio Diesel available to purchase for your vehicle.
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