| Kitchen waste has a double hit on kitchen costs. | | | | did. |
| Food not sold and thrown away immediately hits the | | | | While not always illegal, tipping old cooking oil into the |
| bottom line of profit, but the second hit is the charge | | | | sewerage system is a serious pollution and if it |
| of removal for both kitchen waste and plate waste. | | | | caused a mains drain blockage leading from a kitchen, |
| Most local authorities will charge for both packaging | | | | the restaurant could be charged for cleaning and |
| and food waste removal and waste cooking oil often | | | | repairs to the drain by the local authority. Some |
| carries a removal and recycling cost from specialist oil | | | | water authorities take a harder view than others on |
| recycling companies. | | | | it. It is a feature of most local authority building |
| There is not uniformity across the UK with waste | | | | regulations for commercial food premises that a |
| disposal regulations and different local authorities and | | | | grease separation system be fitted in all new or |
| water companies have conflicting policies. But one | | | | refurbished kitchens, but the legislation is not |
| aspect of food waste management common to all is | | | | retrospective. |
| that food waste cannot go for animal feed as it once | | | | |