As part efforts to help create a more sustainable NYC, the Manhattan Borough President’s Go
Green Initiative has teamed up with the Lower East Side Ecology Center and RWA
Resource Recovery to launch the Go Green Cooking Oil Recycling Program. This program
will provide restaurants, bakeries, hotels, and other food establishments with FREE cooking oil
recycling services and access to other sustainability tools.
The Go Green Cooking Oil Recycling Program is a free and tax-deductible cooking oil
collection and recycling service offered through recycling partner RWA Resource Recovery.
Student groups trained by the Lower East Side Ecology Center’s EcoBizNYC Program will
help participating businesses reduce their waste hauling fees, protect NYC waterways, and
reduce rodent populations through the environmentally and socially responsible collection,
recycling, and reuse of waste cooking oil.
The Go Green Cooking Oil Recycling Program will provide your business with:
1. FREE one-on-one assistance with program registration
2. FREE cooking oil collection bins, allowing for quick pick-up
3. FREE pick-up and removal service by RWA Resource Recovery of your used cooking oil
4. FREE local, community-based outreach and advertising
5. Flexible service schedules to meet your business’s needs
6. Tax-deductions for all oil collected
7. FREE ongoing assistance with cooking oil recycling questions, needs, concerns
Go Green Cooking Oil Recycling Program Supports Sustainability in NYC by:
1. CURBING CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS: Recycled cooking oil biodiesel emits 78% less
carbon dioxide than petroleum, thus relieving the effects of global warming
2. PREVENTING ASTHMA: Recycled cooking oil biodiesel emits 47% fewer asthmainducing particulates than petroleum biodiesel
3. REDUCING DEPENDENCE ON FOREIGN OIL: Recycled cooking oil is a local
alternative to petroleum diesel fuel. It can be used in any diesel engine without
modification, reducing NYC’s dependency on foreign sources of energy
4. REDUCING WASTE: Locally recycling cooking oil reduces NYC waste stream
5. GREEN JOBS CREATION: RWA creates and trains for local green jobs for formerly
homeless New Yorkers through the DOE Fund.
6. SAVING OUR WATERWAYS & INFRASTRUCTURE: By providing an alternative
disposal method for used cooking oil & saves tax payers money by reducing clogs in the
City’s sewer system
7. SUPPORT ALTERNATIVE ENERGY CHOICES: 100% of RWA's collections are used to
make second-generation biodiesel for cleaner-running NYC truck fleets and home heating
systems.
8. REDUCE RODENTS & BAD SMELLS: Stopping cooking oil from going down NYC’s
drains and providing proper collection containers helps reduce bad smells and rodents
9. SUPPORT STUDENT SUSTAINABILITY TRAINING: The Go Green Cooking Oil
Recycling Program partners with local community groups and schools to provide
sustainability and outreach education
By participating in the Go Green Cooking Oil Recycling Program, your business will be
helping to make a more sustainable NYC!
Founding Partners
Office of Manhattan Borough President’s Scott M. Stringer
In 2007 Manhattan Borough President Scott M. Stinger launched the Go Green Initiative in
Manhattan. The purpose of the Go Green Initiative is to help reverse decades of environmental
injustice and degradation by bringing leaders and Manhattan residents together to develop a
plan and an agenda for greening neighborhoods where environmental disparities have been
most acute. The Go Green Initiative is currently in East Harlem, Washington Heights, Inwood,
and the Lower East Side and focuses on: Public Health & Asthma, Farmers Markets & Healthy
Foods, Green Building, Parks & Open Space, Transportation, and Sustainable Business.
The Lower East Side Ecology Center (LESEC) is an environmental not-for-profit, working
since 1987 towards a more sustainable NYC. EcoBizNYC, a new program of the Lower East
Side Ecology Center, provides small businesses with resources on how to reduce their overall
emissions, negative impacts on community health, and increase their community support, while
saving money and increasing their community involvement.
RWA Resource Recovery provides free, on-demand, efficient pickups of waste cooking oil to
food service establishments in New York City. RWA Resource Recovery is fully insured and
compliant with all NYC waste disposal regulations.
For more information on the Go Green Cooking Oil Recycling Program, please contact:
Tara DePorte, Program Director, Lower East Side Ecology Center, 212-477-4022,
Tara@LESEcologyCenter.org
OR
Rosemonde Pierre-Louis, Manhattan Deputy Borough President,
212-669-8299, RPierre-Louis@manhattanbp.org
Community partners include:
Thank you for your interest in the Go Green Cooking Oil Recycling Program. We are
confident that our service team can meet your waste cooking oil removal needs.
How to Apply:
RWA Resource Recovery, Gary Pernick, (347) 386-4857, gpernick@doe.org
Online Application: http://www.rwarr.org/contact/restaurantServiceAssessmentForm.cfm
Or fill out the application below and return it to your Go Green Cooking Oil Recycling Program
representative.
Contact Name
Business name
Address
Email
Phone
How did you hear about RWA Go Green Initiative
Type of cuisine
How many locations do you have?
What type of oil do you typically fry with?
Approximately how much waste cooking oil does your business produce per week?
 Less than 20 gallons
 20 to 50 gallons  50 to 100 gallons  Over 100 gallons
What is your current method of collecting waste cooking oil?
 5 Gallon Container
 30 Gallon Container
 55 Gallon Drum
 Other
Do you currently have a service provider to remove your waste cooking oil?
What is your current method of disposing of waste cooking oil?
 Container removal/replacement
 Vacuum  With Solid Waste  None
When is the earliest that your business can accept service?
 Other