How often do I empty the grease trap and what is done with the grease? An at source manual grease trap needs to be emptied once a week. Grease should be removed and stored in vat for collection by a recycling company.
An inground grease trap according to EU standards must be emptied at least once a month. The grease is pumped out by recycling companies.
Grease is removed automatically by the Grease Guardian automatic range. Grease collected by Grease Guardians should be stored in the same way as spent fryer fat and given to grease rendering companies who will recycle the waste. This is common practice in most places and costs little if anything. Grease is being increasingly used in the preparation of bio-fuels. Demand for grease for this purpose is therefore growing.
