The Leader in Recycling Cooking Oil
POSITIV 2/2022 ǀ 33
BUSINESS
Since they focus exclusively on
the collection and recycling of used
cooking oils, they have become true
experts in this field. For more than fifteen
years they have been steadily growing,
thinking and acting ecologically in line
with modern regulations (e.g. the Green
Deal)—and often are even one step ahead.
Their customers are mainly catering
companies and restaurants, which are
legally obliged to sort and dispose of used
oils properly. Trafin Oil works with more
than 26,000 such businesses in three
countries: the Czech Republic, Poland
and Slovakia.
From 2020, municipalities are also obliged
to provide citizens with a collection point
for the separate collection of edible oils
and fats. That is why Trafin Oil launched
the třídímolej.cz project in 2020, which
focuses primarily on educating citizens
of towns and villages on why it is good to
recycle oil and how to do it. They also bring
high-end services to the municipalities
themselves. Interestingly, the COVID
period helped the project because people
were cooking more at home, so it was the
perfect time to teach them how to recycle
oil. In the future, lectures for the first grades
of primary schools are also planned.
It might seem that oil is only a minor
waste component for households and
that nothing much happens when it is
poured down the sink. But up to two-
thirds of these spilled fats get trapped in
the drains, clogging them and causing
pipe corrosion. This can result in costly
treatment and increased sewerage costs.
And why else is it worth recycling the oil
and not just pouring it down the drain?
The recycling of oils results in the highest
CO
2
savings compared to the processing
of other types of waste, up to 92%. This is
the equivalent of one family planting one
tree every year by recycling their oil (four
litres of oil = planting one tree—of course,
it is necessary to sort every year, after
every meal that uses oil). Apart from that,
cooperation with Trafin Oil saves both
time and money for restaurants: simply
sign up for regular collection and Trafin
Oil will loan a clean barrel, take care of
the transport, and deliver new oil.
Of course, it doesn’t end with
the collection of the used oil. Trafin Oil
recycles it so that it becomes something
useful, for example, a bio-component of
diesel (there is no need to add fresh edible
cooking oil to diesel) or a raw material for
the production of recycled aviation fuel.
Despite all this, it is still a relatively small
company, but it can be assumed that new
colleagues across all departments will be
needed in the future. ‘We want people
who think like us, who don’t just want
to put in their eight hours and be done
but want their work to be meaningful
to us and our children. We want people
who want the results of their work to be
visible today. In future, the topic of waste
processing and recycling will resonate
more and more—we already know how
to do it and we do it well’, says Marcela
Skokanová of Trafin Oil’s marketing
department, describing the company’s
ideal candidate.
The Leader in Recycling
Cooking Oil,
Tran Oil’s Oil Service Has Been Helping to Protect
the Environment for More Than Fieen Years
You may not have even known there was such a thing as an oil service. Nowadays, however, higher
demands are being placed on the environmentally friendly disposal of used cooking oils. Whether
you are an individual or a large catering company, Tran Oil a.s. in Ostrava will take care of your
cooking-oil-recycling needs from A to Z.
do nafty přidával konzumovatelný jedlý
olej) nebo surovina pro výrobu recyklova-
ného leteckého paliva.
A proč stojí za to, olej recyklovat a ne-
vylít ho prostě do kanálu? Recyklace
olejů přináší nejvyšší úsporu CO
2
v po-
rovnání se zpracováním ostatních druhů
odpadů, a to až o 92 %. Jedna rodina
tak ročním tříděním zasadí jeden strom
(4 l oleje = vysazení jednoho stromu – je
ovšem třeba třídit každý rok). Kromě
toho spolupráce s Trafin Oil šetří re-
stauracím čas i peníze – stačí objednat
pravidelný svoz a postarají se o odvoz,
zapůjčení čistého barelu i dodávku no-
vého oleje.
Přes to všechno se stále jedná o po-
měrně malou firmu, dá se ale předpo-
kládat, že do budoucna budou potřeba
noví kolegové napříč všemi odděleními.
„Chceme k sobě lidi, kteří smýšlejí stejně
jako my, kteří si nechtějí jen ‚odkroutit
svých 8h‘, ale chtějí, aby jejich práce
měla smysl pro nás i naše děti. A také
aby výsledky té práce byly vidět dnes.
V budoucnu bude téma zpracování
a využití odpadu čím dál více rezono-
vat – my to již dnes umíme a umíme to
dobře,“ popisuje ideálního kandidáta do
společnosti Trafin Oil Marcela Skokano-
vá z marketingového oddělení.