So you’ve opened a restaurant- you’ve got a location, a business plan, a name, and have probably already worked out most of a menu to present to customers. Well, congratulations! Sometimes that can be the hardest part of the decision making process. Once all of the big picture ideas have come together, it’s time… Read more »
2020 The Year of the Vegan- Or Is It? 81% of Americans Identify as Meat Eaters
The Power of Meat 2020– This year, the 2020 Annual Meat Conference, hosted by the The Food Industry Association, the Foundation for Meat and Poultry Research, as well as the North American Meat Institute took place. Together, these groups released their annual Power of Meat study, which explores consumer trends among the meat industry…. Read more »
Dumping Grease Down the Drain Feeds the Fatburg
FRYING BACON? THINK TWICE ABOUT WHERE YOU DUMP YOUR GREASE. Did you know not to flush or dump grease, fats and oils down the drain? Not everyone knows or cares about how important recycling used cooking oil is. This London wastewater company knows firsthand how many people are ignorant about what should or should not… Read more »
About Cooking Oil: The Process
The Life-Cycle of Cooking Oil (Recycling Used Cooking Oil) Much like a food chain or life cycle, cooking oil also goes through a process of transformation and change Cooking Oil has been a staple of human culture for thousands of years, with the ancient Greeks crushing olives and heating them under the sun for olive… Read more »
What Cooking Oil is Best for You? Comparing Different Fryer Oils
Whether you are trying to cook a meal for your family and trying to find the healthiest cooking oil, or if you are deep frying pounds of chicken wings and want to know what cooking oils won’t overpower the flavor, MOPAC can help you find which oil is the best. Flavor, price health impact, and… Read more »
How to Recycle Used Cooking Oil and Grease for Residents and Restaurants
Helping our environment starts with each of us. MOPAC has put together a list of how to properly dispose of used cooking oil, depending on quantity. Properly disposing of used cooking oil is not always an easy thing. FOGs or Fats, Oils, and Grease, have been a plaguing problem for water treatment facilities for the… Read more »
Small Tank Solution
Small Tank Solution MOPAC is excited to announce that we have recently unveiled a small tank solution to add to our customized solutions plan. For over fifty years MOPAC has provided drums and tanks for our customer for their outdoor used cooking oil problems, but we’ve decided to try something new. We hear our customers… Read more »
Restaurant Trends of 2018 From MOPAC
There has never been more restaurants in the US than there are today, but there have been equally less and less customers entering the doors to this seemingly ever growing sector. The average American is now spending about half of their allotted food money on restaurants per paycheck instead of the grocery store, yet independently… Read more »
Restaurant Tips: Managing Food Waste Cost
The U.S. Wastes 40% of Its Consumable Food The United States only consumes about 60-70% of the food that it produces. In 2010 alone, the USDA estimates that about 133 billion pounds of food was tossed out, or about $161 billion dollars annually. Food waste happens at every step of the food process from the… Read more »
What’s the Deal with Bio Diesel?
The fuel that has run your car and most engines since its appearance has been petroleum. The carbon-based refined oil is increasingly becoming a scarce & expensive commodity. So the twenty-first century has made it its mission to find an alternative source of fuel, one that is reliable yet not ever-dwindling. There are several… Read more »
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Grease & Used Cooking Oil Theft
Protect Your Business & Your Assets UCO Recycling is a competitive business, make sure you are getting the most from your efforts to dispose of it properly. (cooking oil theft) Any business that uses a process that involves oil or grease (vegetable or animal) has a byproduct afterwards, aptly called used cooking oil. This oil… Read more »
MOPAC Environmental Fun Facts
Fueling Our Community & Environment Mopac Rendering recycles close to 8 million gallons of used vegetable oils per year for distribution into the fats and animal feed ingredient industries and the environmentally friendly bio-fuels market. We see our participation in the bio-fuels market throughout the world as an opportunity to further our commitment to reducing… Read more »
MOPAC & Relay for Life
MOPAC has always been dedicated to giving back to the community. We’ve been servicing the community as a service provider, but in the past few years MOPAC has engaged the community in other ways, most recently as a partner with Relay for Life. Since 2014 the employees of MOPAC have delightedly devoted their time to… Read more »
What Grease Does to Your Drains
From Sink to Sewer When grease is poured into the drain it leaves your house or business as a liquid, but it does not stay that way for long. As soon as that grease is cooled or meets a cool object underground it becomes a solid again, quickly becoming a conglomeration with chemicals and debris… Read more »