Münzer Brings Used Cooking Oil Collection to Breuna

After frying, baking, or deep-frying, many households are left with used cooking oil — and it still too often ends up down the drain or in general waste. The municipality of Breuna now has a sustainable alternative: starting immediately, two Münzer collection boxes for used cooking oil are available free of charge at the glass recycling point and in the parking lot of REWE Grundmann.

The new collection boxes are part of a joint project between the municipality of Breuna and Münzer Deutschland GmbH, a company specializing in the collection and recycling of used cooking oil. The system was officially launched recently during a photo opportunity with Mayor Jens Wiegand.

Easy to Collect – Meaningful to Recycle

Using the collection boxes is intentionally simple: cooled used cooking oil — such as frying oil, deep-frying fat, butter or margarine residues, or oil from antipasti jars — is poured into clean, tightly sealed plastic bottles (no glass, please) and deposited in the yellow collection boxes. Münzer then takes care of demand-based collection and proper processing.

In certified facilities, the collected used cooking oil is converted into high-quality biodiesel. This biofuel is considered particularly climate-friendly, as studies show it can generate up to 93% lower CO2 emissions compared to fossil diesel. At the same time, the system helps reduce strain on municipal wastewater infrastructure: oil disposed of via sinks often causes buildup, blockages, and increased cleaning and maintenance costs.

Breuna Joins a Growing Network

“Smaller municipalities in particular show how impactful citizen-friendly solutions can be,” says Albert Bechtoldt, Head of Sales at Münzer Deutschland GmbH. “With Breuna, we are gaining another committed partner that makes circular economy visible in everyday life — simple, practical, and with real added value for both the environment and the municipality.”

Mayor Jens Wiegand also underscores the importance of the initiative: “It is often the small things in daily life that make the difference. With this new service, everyone can make a tangible contribution to environmental protection right here locally.”

Breuna now joins a steadily growing number of cities and municipalities in Hesse, North Rhine-Westphalia, and Lower Saxony that already rely on Münzer Deutschland’s collection system.

Further information about the collection system and an overview of collection locations can be found here: