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CHANNEL / HOUSEHOLD COLLECTION

Put your used oil
on the map.

Find network collection containers and explore collection by municipality.

01 / COLLECTION NETWORK

MAINLAND PORTUGAL

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All municipalities: bin addresses

02 / IN THE FIELD

MUNICIPAL NETWORK

On the street, along your daily route.

Collection containers are located in public spaces, retail sites and fuel stations. Smart containers have fill-level sensors (IoT) that help plan collection.

A blue HardLevel used cooking oil collection container on a wet cobbled Portuguese street at night, lit by a wrought-iron street lamp.
FIG. 01 · HARDLEVEL COLLECTION CONTAINER · PORTUGUESE STREET

03 / CARBON FOOTE

SMART CITIES · POWERED BY HARDLEVEL

Carbon Foote: smart cities, powered by HardLevel

Carbon Foote is HardLevel’s brand for smart household oil collection containers. It was born as a smart-city concept and reaches the street first in the separate collection of used cooking oil.

Municipalities follow collection on the Carbon Foote platform, with reports and e-GAR waste transport forms.

Client area

Smart Solar S+ chrome steel collection container with the Carbon Foote brand, the words “used cooking oil” in Portuguese, instructions for use and “Powered by HardLevel”.
FIG. 02 · SMART SOLAR S+ CONTAINER · CARBON FOOTE

04 / HOW TO USE A COLLECTION CONTAINER

HOUSEHOLD PROCEDURE

Cool. Seal. Deposit.

  1. Let it cool

    Save used cooking oil once it has cooled.

  2. Seal the bottle

    Put it in a plastic bottle and close it tightly.

  3. Use the collection container

    Deposit the sealed bottle in the oil collection container. Never pour oil down the sink.

Hands pouring used cooking oil from a frying pan into a plastic bottle through a funnel, on a home kitchen worktop at the end of the day.
FIG. 03 · FROM PAN TO BOTTLE · HOME KITCHEN

05 / AT HOME

HOUSEHOLD MINI CONTAINER
Lime-green household mini container with a lid, with the Carbon Foote brand and the label “household container for used cooking oil” in Portuguese.
FIG. 04 · HOUSEHOLD MINI CONTAINER · CARBON FOOTE

A mini container in your kitchen.

At home, you can also keep cooled oil in a household mini container like this one, with the bottle inside.

Then take the sealed bottle to the collection container on the street.

06 / LET’S TALK

Give your used oil its next destination.

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