Münzer Brings Used Cooking Oil Collection to Horneburg

Used cooking oil from private households still often ends up in drains or residual waste. Yet it is a valuable resource that can be reused efficiently. In Horneburg, Lower Saxony, a simple solution is now in place: together with Münzer Deutschland GmbH, seven public collection boxes for used cooking oil have been installed and are now operational.

The official launch recently took place at the REWE market, attended by Climate Protection Manager Judith Sievers, Roger Courtault (Head of Building and Environment), and Münzer Deutschland sales representatives Albert Bechtoldt and Maurizio Heidenreich. With this initiative, Horneburg is providing residents with a practical way to dispose of used cooking oil correctly and make a tangible contribution to resource conservation and climate protection.

Simple collection, meaningful reuse

The system is designed to be straightforward: cooled used cooking oil – such as frying oil, deep-frying fat, or oil from preserved foods – is collected at home in a clean, tightly sealed plastic bottle and then deposited in one of the collection boxes. Münzer handles collection and ensures that the oil is processed into sustainable biofuel.

The seven collection points are located at Parkplatz Keck (Agathenburg), the sports field (Bliedersdorf), Wendehammer Schäferstieg (Nottensdorf), the industrial area (Dollern), the train station (Dollern), the weekly market at Isern-Hinnerk-Weg/Burggraben, and next to REWE (Horneburg). This provides residents with a well-distributed and easily accessible network of drop-off points throughout the municipality.

“Climate protection must be easy to implement in everyday life. That is exactly what these new collection boxes in Horneburg achieve. They provide a practical way to capture a material that is often incorrectly disposed of and return it to the circular economy,” says Judith Sievers, Climate Protection Manager of the municipality.

Roger Courtault, Head of Building and Environment, also highlights the practical benefits: “Initiatives like this show that circular economy does not have to remain abstract – it becomes effective where people act in their daily lives.”

A strong municipal partnership with tangible benefits

For Münzer, Horneburg is another example of how municipal partnerships can bring circular economy into everyday practice. The company specializes in collecting used cooking oil and is continuously expanding a nationwide collection network for households.

“Together with the municipality of Horneburg, we are implementing a project that is both environmentally meaningful and easy for residents to use. These are exactly the types of solutions needed to make circular economy work in practice,” says Albert Bechtoldt, Head of Sales at Münzer Deutschland GmbH.

In addition to its environmental benefits, the system also supports local infrastructure: improperly disposed cooking oil can cause deposits and blockages in wastewater systems. Separate collection therefore not only recovers valuable resources but also helps protect sewage networks and waste management systems.

With the installation of these seven collection boxes, Horneburg becomes part of a growing municipal collection network across Germany. The objective is clear: to treat used cooking oil not as waste, but as a resource that remains in the loop.