Spaniards will be able to trade old veggie oil for biodiesel
Filed under: Biodiesel, Vegetable Oil, European Union
The Association of Municipalities and Counties of Catalonia, Spain (ACM), has announced an agreement with Recicloil, a company that recycles used vegetable oil into biodiesel. The agreement states that the company will provide one liter of free biodiesel to citizens for each 20 liters of used oil people bring in. Recicloil will also provide a free 2,000-liter biodiesel pump (as well stickers) which will be installed for city fleets using this biodiesel.
While this is not the first of such networks, as we explained in another post, it's an important partnership. Spaniards tend to throw used oil down the drain, which is not only a waste of an useful resource, but causes lots of problems in water treatment plants. Powering cars seems much smarter.
[Source: Europa Press via Econoticias]
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
3-21-2008 @ 6:24PM
rgseidl said...
I'm surprised the sanitation departments haven't yet defined a standardized 10L container for used oil and grease so restaurants and individuals can package their waste for pick-up (or they can take it to the collection station themselves). Instead of handing people free fuel, pay them EUR 0.05 per liter in cash and give them clean containers in exchange.
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3-21-2008 @ 8:19PM
GenWaylaid said...
I second that. Free containers remove a big psychological obstacle to recycling.
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3-25-2008 @ 1:06PM
webmaster said...
1 liter for every 20 liters????!!! This is insane, people can get make something like 18 liters of fuel out of 20 liters of WVO. What a rip-off, this will never work out.
I do agree with the free container stuff though.
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