GreaseGiant provides scheduled used cooking oil (UCO) pickup for restaurants across Washington DC, Maryland, Virginia, and Baltimore. We collect your yellow grease, pay you aggressive market rates by the pound, supply locked and monitored containers at no cost, and handle the EPA paperwork — so your fryer oil becomes income instead of a chore.
How does used cooking oil pickup work?
The mechanics are deliberately boring — that's the point. We place a locked container sized to your volume, track how fast it fills, and dispatch a truck before it overflows. After each pickup the oil is weighed, you're credited at your per-pound rate, and the area gets a quick rinse. The oil then moves through settlement and filtration on our side and on to a refiner as renewable-fuel feedstock.
How much do restaurants get paid for used cooking oil?
Two things move your check the most: volume and cleanliness. Bigger, steadier volumes price better, and keeping fryer oil separate from water and food waste preserves its grade. We never use "market reset" clauses that quietly cut your rate later — the number we agree on is the number you get. If you want the background, our guide to yellow grease vs. brown grease explains why quality matters.
What's included with GreaseGiant collection?
Locked, monitored containers
Steel-locked lids and tamper alerts on theft-prone routes, supplied and maintained at no cost. Your grease stays yours.
Automated scheduling
We track your fill and book pickups before you overflow — no "where's my pickup?" emails.
Compliance paperwork
EPA ID records, transport manifests, and year-end totals — hand them straight to an inspector.
A real person, same day
Text or call and we answer. Need an emergency pickup? We send a truck, not a voicemail tree.
Pair it with grease trap cleaning
Most restaurants juggle a separate company for fryer oil and another for the grease trap. We do both, so you get a single point of contact for everything grease — and you only have to vet, schedule, and pay one vendor. See the one-company bundle.
Where we collect
GreaseGiant serves restaurants, institutional kitchens, and food manufacturers across the DMV and Baltimore:
Local pages: Baltimore · Washington, DC · Northern Virginia.
Frequently asked questions
Do you really pay restaurants for used cooking oil?
Yes. Clean fryer oil — known in the trade as yellow grease — is a valuable commodity that refiners turn into renewable diesel and sustainable aviation fuel. GreaseGiant pays restaurants aggressive market rates by the pound for it. Many kitchens are still paying a hauler to take their oil away, or giving it away free, simply because no one told them it has value.
How much is used cooking oil worth per gallon?
Used cooking oil is priced in cents per pound (oil weighs roughly 7.6 pounds per gallon), and the rate moves with the renewable-fuel market, your monthly volume, and the quality of your oil. Higher, cleaner volumes earn more. We quote your specific number after we learn your location and approximate monthly gallons. See what yellow grease is for the full picture.
How often will you pick up my fryer oil?
On whatever cadence keeps you out of overflow — most accounts land on weekly or biweekly, with every-three-weeks for lower-volume kitchens and same-day emergency dispatch when you need it. Our system tracks your fill and books pickups before your tank is full, so you're not the one calling dispatch.
Is used cooking oil considered hazardous waste?
No. Used cooking oil from a fryer is not classified as hazardous waste — it's a recyclable used oil, and that's exactly why it can be collected, paid for, and refined into fuel. The compliance that matters is keeping a clean paper trail of who hauled it and where it went, which GreaseGiant provides. More detail: is used cooking oil hazardous waste?
What areas do you serve for used cooking oil collection?
GreaseGiant collects across the DMV and Baltimore — Washington DC, Montgomery and Prince George's counties, Northern Virginia (Arlington, Alexandria, Fairfax), and the Baltimore metro. Not sure if you're in range? Call (833) 991-7861 and we'll tell you straight.