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New green fuel from cooking oil recycling
Chinese ‘Rabbit’ celebrations raise potential
Chinese New Year celebrations got underway. As communities prepared to cook up feasts fit for kings to welcome in the year of the Rabbit, what would happen to the tonnes of cooking oil used to produce delicious dishes such as crispy Peking duck and spring rolls?
If you are one of the growing number of householders who take their recycling responsibilities seriously, you will already be taking the used cooking oil (UCO) to your local recycling centre where it can be safely placed in one of the collection tanks installed by renewable energy company, Living Fuels.
The company collects the cooking oil from sites all over the UK and converts it into a new green fuel called LF100 which produces clean electricity and heat. Just one litre of used cooking oil is enough to make 240 cups of tea.
Dan Gillert of Living Fuels warns householders against the perils of tipping their used cooking oil down the sink. He says: “Thousands of tonnes of used cooking oil are mistakenly poured down the drain each year, causing untold damage to our watercourses. Water companies spend at least £15m annually to clean up this damage.
“By recycling your used cooking oil, you’re not only helping to solve this problem but you are also turning this waste product into clean, green electricity and heat that ultimately feeds into the national grid.”
After the Chinese New Year celebrations and at other times, why not do your bit to help build the country’s renewable energy future by taking the leftover oil to your local recycling centre? Every tonne collected is enough to power the average home for an entire year.
More information: www.livingfuels.co.uk
One Response to “New green fuel from cooking oil recycling”
ecoadmin says:
We don’t need to wait until the Chinese New Day comes around again, we can all start saving our left our cooking oils straightaway! But wouldn’t it be nice if some one had a special container to collect it in? Then we could all leave our used cooking oils easily and conveniently with the recycling organisation!