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Restaurant FOG Operating Cost Calculator

Combine pumping, staff time, supplies, recordkeeping and emergency reserve.

Project inputs

Change the assumptions to explore an early planning scenario.

Planning result

Enter your assumptions

  • Pumping and disposal
  • Staff practices
  • Supplies and records
  • Annual FOG-control budget

How to use this result

Use staff time for scraping, handling used oil, records and routine checks.

No additives assumption

Do not use additives or treatment products unless accepted by the applicable authority and equipment instructions.

Training

Procedures should protect workers and comply with food-safety requirements.

Important: Requirements, permits, accessibility duties, environmental rules, workplace-safety obligations, product standards and inspection practices vary by country, province or state, municipality, building use, existing conditions and adopted code edition. Qualified local professionals and the authority having jurisdiction must determine what applies.