Associated Oils is credited with the distinction of pioneering the collection, processing and re-sale of used cooking oil in Queensland on a commercial scale. The company was founded by Frank Hutton some eighteen years ago when he convinced used cooking oil generators such as restaurants, fast food outlets, shopping centres etc, to store their spent cooking oil in purpose built containers which were supplied and collected by Associated Oils.

Today, the business has been an integral part of the Transpacific Industries Group (TPI) since December 2002 and utilises its own vehicles to collect used cooking oils from north to Rockhampton and south to Branxton in the Hunter Valley of New South Wales. To compliment collections Associated Oils also uses approved collection agents in areas to ensure waste cooking oil generators have the means available to them for an effective and environmentally approved recycling system for their used oils.

As the hospitality industry uses different types of cooking oils and tallows, Associated Oils is able to produce a varying range of end products to satisfy the market that it generally supplies, which is the manufacturers of stockfeeds, primarily the beef and poultry industries.

The oil products supplied by Associated Oils are used to add fat, energy and nutrients to the feeds that are produced. Recycled used cooking oil can also be used for the manufacture of low grade industrial soaps or more recently bio-diesel.

Associated Oils also stores seed oils and tallows in a heated tank farm on behalf of third parties for packaging in drums and export in standard containers, including storage and bulk transfer to the wharf for export in specialised ships.

In March 2004 Associated Oils relocated the transport, processing and storage facilities to a new, shared site with ATS (Australian Terminal Services, a Transpacific joint venture company) at the Port of Brisbane’s Fisherman Islands. The relocation will provide Associated Oils with a facility that reflects the high standard of processing, safety and environmental systems within the TPI group.

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Associated Oils has built specifically-designed bins, which are used for the collection of used cooking oil. Upon being unloaded at the plant, the cooking oil undergoes an extensive cleaning process, filtering the product through 100 micron screens. The clean, recycled product is subsequently sold to the livestock industry as stockfeed additive for chickens, cattle, pigs and pet food. The oil is also exported internationally to make low-grade soap.

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