Address
Chennai, Tamilnadu
Work Hours
Monday to Friday: 9AM - 7PM
Weekend: 10AM - 5PM
Used Cooking Oil Effects:
- Every year, the average Indian consumes approximately 19.5 kg of edible oil.
- Oil is an important component of all of our meals, from breakfast to lunch to dinner to late-night snacking.
- The majority of delectable foods, from roadside samosas to chat to packaged chips, are deep fried and soaked in oil.
- Homemade regular meals, such as roti, pulses, and vegetables, as well as non-vegetarian preparations, are cooked in oil.
- Cooking oil is frequently reused in most Indian households. Hotels, restaurants, food stalls, and roadside eateries reuse oil on a regular basis to save money and increase profits. This is extremely harmful to our health, and the lack of awareness about reusing oil only adds to the existing risk.
Health
Fast food’s accessibility, cost, and acceptability contribute to a variety of health problems. Excessive use of used cooking oil is linked to an increase in cardiovascular diseases, obesity, and cancer cases, among other things.
Environment
In India, used cooking oil (UCO) is frequently dumped down household sinks, clogging drains, polluting open water bodies such as lakes and ponds, and endangering marine life. During the monsoon, the clogged drainage system creates water logging.
Economy
Last year, India imported roughly 15 million tons of edible oils, accounting for 3% of the country’s total import expenditure. The rise in import commodities and the resulting increase in the trade deficit has a negative impact on the exchange rate and hurts our country’s economy.