Used cooking oil collection.
Free pickup, CDFA-licensed, and we pay you a guaranteed $1/gallon when you bundle

Boh pays a flat, guaranteed $1 per gallon of clean used cooking oil when you bundle UCO collection with your other compliance services: fire suppression, hood cleaning, and grease trap pumping. Payment is based on measured clean-oil volume recorded on each collection manifest. This differs from a standard hauler rebate, which floats with the biodiesel market and pays nothing on contaminated or water-heavy oil. The pickup itself is free and CDFA-compliant whether or not you bundle.

Yes. For clean, uncontaminated fryer oil, Boh provides pickup by a CDFA-licensed IKG transporter at no charge, with a sealed container dropped at your back-of-house and a manifest filed after every visit. On top of free pickup, restaurants that bundle their compliance services with Boh earn a guaranteed $1 per gallon, so the service moves from free to paying you.

Licensed inedible-kitchen-grease (IKG) transporters collect used cooking oil from restaurants and sell it as biodiesel feedstock, which is why clean oil has commodity value. In Southern California, Boh coordinates compliant collection and, when you bundle your compliance services, pays a guaranteed $1 per gallon directly to your restaurant. Before working with any buyer, verify the collector holds a current CDFA Inedible Kitchen Grease transporter license (the state credential required under CCR Title 3 §1180) and provides a manifest for every pickup. An unlicensed collector who mishandles your oil leaves you, the generator, exposed to enforcement and liability.

Yes. California Health and Safety Code §114197 requires food service establishments to properly manage and recycle used cooking oil, and pouring it down drains, into dumpsters, or onto the ground is illegal: it triggers FOG violations, environmental fines, and potential sewer liability. Transport is regulated separately. Used cooking oil is inedible kitchen grease (IKG), and it may only be hauled by a transporter licensed by the California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) under CCR Title 3 §1180 and Food and Agricultural Code §§19310 to 19317, with a manifest generated for every load (recordkeeping under §1180.24). Keep the two duties distinct: §114197 is your duty as the generator to recycle, while CDFA licensing governs who may transport the oil.

In California, used cooking oil ('inedible kitchen grease') may only be transported by a hauler holding a current Inedible Kitchen Grease transporter license issued by the California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA), under CCR Title 3 §1180 and Food and Agricultural Code §§19310 to 19317. Each licensed vehicle must display a numbered CDFA decal, and a manifest must be generated for every load (§1180.24). Verify a collector's CDFA license before engaging them; your manifest records are your legal protection if a collector is found non-compliant. Note: CalRecycle and DTSC regulate motor and lubricating used oil, which is a separate program and does not apply to restaurant fryer oil.

Never pour fryer oil down a drain, into a dumpster, or onto the ground: that creates FOG (fats, oils, and grease) violations, environmental fines, and direct liability for any sewer or groundwater contamination. In California, used cooking oil is regulated as inedible kitchen grease: it may only be transported by a hauler holding a CDFA Inedible Kitchen Grease transporter license under CCR Title 3 §1180, and a manifest must be generated for every load (recordkeeping under §1180.24). The compliant method is scheduled pickup (weekly is a common baseline for high-volume kitchens) by a CDFA-licensed transporter that delivers the oil to a licensed rendering or recycling facility. Boh coordinates this and files the manifest to your account automatically. Note: local FOG ordinances and EPA pretreatment standards may also apply depending on your jurisdiction.