Digital Waste Tracking for Used Cooking Oil Collection Made Easy

Digital waste tracking for used cooking oil collection means every drum you collect from a kitchen is logged against an EWC code, weighed or measured, and reported to Defra within 2 working days, all from the same job record your driver already fills in on the yard.

Used cooking oil (UCO) collectors typically visit large numbers of restaurants, takeaways and pubs on repeat cycles, so the real challenge is volume, not complexity. A bespoke app captures litres, container counts and quality at the point of collection, then generates the digital waste transfer note and the Defra submission automatically.

With hundreds or thousands of customers on recurring cycles, the CRM tracks when each site is due, flags overdue accounts, and can send automatic reminders. Routes are built from those customer lists and optimised from your depot, so drivers aren't driving further than they need to for each pickup.

Used cooking oil heading into biodiesel feedstock needs proof of sustainability under ISCC certification. The app can capture ISCC audit fields and calculate mass balance automatically, converting litres collected into tonnes, so you have consistent records across every customer and every collection, not a separate spreadsheet kept alongside the job system.

The most common code for used cooking oil is 20 01 25 (edible oil and fat), used widely across restaurant and catering collections. The table below shows example codes relevant to UCO collection, but you should always confirm the exact code against the current List of Wastes before using it, since classifications can vary by what else is mixed into a load.

We build the app around your actual collection process: drum sizes, quality checks, barrel photos, signature capture, and whatever reporting your processor or biodiesel buyer needs from you. It plugs into Defra's API and produces digital waste transfer notes automatically from the same job data.