Brown grease
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Brown grease is waste vegetable oil, animal fat
Animal fat
Animal fats are rendered tissue fats that can be obtained from a variety of animals.- Pet nutrition :In pet nutrition, the source of animal fat concerns food manufacturers. AAFCO states that animal fat is "obtained from the tissues of mammals and/or poultry in the commercial processes of rendering...

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Fat
Fats consist of a wide group of compounds that are generally soluble in organic solvents and generally insoluble in water. Chemically, fats are triglycerides, triesters of glycerol and any of several fatty acids. Fats may be either solid or liquid at room temperature, depending on their structure...

, etc. that is recovered from a waste water component called a grease trap . It is the grease that is removed from wastewater sent down a restaurant's sink drain.

Brown grease is contaminated and considered unsuitable for re-use in most applications.
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