NEVER POUR AWAY USED
COOKING OIL!
A SINGLE LITRE OF WASTE
COOKING OIL CAN POLLUTE A
MILLION LITRES OF WATER.
Frying under normal conditions and
consuming fried food in reasonable
quantities is not generally harmful.
The process of frying can destroy
microbes (germs) in or on the food.
Vegetable oils are often rich in vitamin E.
And finally fried food is not only popular
for its taste, but also contains a large
quantity of calories.
USED VEGETABLE OIL
• After frying food in vegetable oil for the second time, the oil should
not be used again.
• Used oil contains a higher concentration of free radicals, which may
be linked to causing cancers.
• Waste oil reacts with oxygen in the air, causing the formation of
harmful substances (e.g. peroxides), which may damage the
digestive system.
Restaurants
Fast food cafes
Dining halls and canteens
Factories producing ready
meals
Hospitals
Catering at tourist sites
Homes
produce
waste
vegetable oil
THE EFFECTS OF USED OIL ON THE ENVIRONMENT
Used vegetable oil and animal fat should never be poured down the
sink or toilet or thrown in the bin.
Waste oil may cause fires at landfill sites or rubbish dumps.
Oil in the waste water system blocks sewage pipes and therefore
increases the repair costs for the council.
Oil poured down the drain clogs the sewage system
HOW USED OIL AFFECTS THE ENVIROMENT
Waste oil thrown in the bin
can seep into the soil and be
washed into groundwater,
which is an important source
of drinking water.
25% of water pollution is
caused by waste oil.
IMPACT OF OIL WASTE ON THE ENVIROMENT
Oil covers the surface
of lakes and waterways
and stops the
exchange of oxygen
between the air and
water. The oil also
reacts with oxygen,
further decreasing its
availability to living
organisms in the water.
Pollution of sea water leads to increasing numbers of
jelly fish.
DATA FOR TURKEY
• 250,000 tons of waste oil is produced each year, all of which
should be collected and recycled. At the moment, facilities
exist to collect about 20,000 tons per year.
• However, only 200 grammes per person is actually collected
each year.
DATA FOR THE EU
• In the European Union, 2.4 kg/person should be
collected each year, but only 1.2 kg can be collected.
USED OIL IN EUROPE
Potential
Collected
Population
Per Person
Per Person
Used Oil
Used Oil
(millions)
Potential
Collected
(tons)
(tons)
Used Oil
Used Oil
kg/person
kg/person
Germany
185,000
148,000
82.3
2.25
1.8
United Kingdom
225,000
100,000
60.9
3.69
1.64
Spain
113,750
54,600
45.5
2.5
1.2
Italy
70,000
40,000
58.9
1.19
0.68
France
95,000
32,000
61.5
1.54
0.52
Belgium
40,000
23,126
10.4
3.85
2.22
Netherlands
45,920
24,600
16.4
2.8
1.5
Czech Republic
28,560
12,240
10.2
2.8
1.2
Austria
42,900
9,000
8.2
5.23
1.1
Switzerland
12,500
9,000
7.5
1.67
1.2
Slovakia
15,120
6,480
5.4
2.8
1.2
Croatia
13,552
2,500
4.8
2.8
0.52
WHAT WE SHOULD DO
• We must all minimise the harmful effects of waste oil. In many
countries, as well as in Turkey, it is illegal to pour used oil into the
sewage system, into running or stagnant water or into landfill.
• As the EU started taking action much earlier, there is less oil
contamination in waste water in the EU than in Turkey.
• As this problem threatens our future and our daily lives, we need to
take action now and avoid further pollution.
• Wherever we eat, we should ask about the use of cooking oil, how
many times it’s reused and how it’s disposed of.
WHAT WE SHOULD DO
We have to run
campaigns to inform other
people in our community
about waste oil and
collection.We have to
organize more collection
points for recycling oil.
WHY WE SHOULD NOT POUR USED OIL AWAY
• to protect water sources,
• to protect other living organisms,
• to protect water supply and sewage systems,
• and to contribute to the national economy.
WHAT HAPPENS TO THE WASTE OIL?
The collected
vegetable oil will be
converted into
biodiesel, a liquid
fuel for diesel
engines.
WASTE OIL COLLECTION IN SARIYER
Carried out by
companies licensed by
the Ministry for the
Environment and
holding contracts with
Sarıyer Council.
CONTACT US
If you have five or more
litres of waste oil, e-mail
us at
cevre@sariyer.bel.tr
or phone 444 1 722
and we will collect the oil
from your address. If less
than 5 litres , leave it at…
Mukhtar offices
.
Sarıyer Council
old people’s
homes.
on your estate
at school
28 biodiesel processing sites all over Turkey
(since 2014)