Used Cooking

Oil:
Waste or Fuel?

By Ariel Callage
Alternative Sources
Electricity
Corn-based biodiesel
Soybean biodiesel
Sugarcane biodiesel
Waste cooking oil
Electric Cars
FossilFuels are used to make electricity
Large carbon footprint from BEVs
20 min to charge at D.C
 Biodiesel
Triglyceride + Alcohol
* Glycerin + Mono-alkyl
Methyl Esters
Corn Based Biodiesel, and
others
Land use
Human Food sources
Increase in food prices

*Yields
Waste Cooking Oil
Common waste product
Easily accessible
Cheaper to produce
Does a Waste Cooking Oil
Program Benefit HoCo?
Prevents incorrect disposal of waste
cooking oil .
Reduce fossil fuel use.
Collection of Waste Oil
Employ people/volunteers.
Curbside pick-up/drop off at
facility.
Revenue
How many facilities?
Depends.
Processing of Biodiesel and Soap
Byproduct of waste cooking oil (glycerin)
+ Catalyst + Water * Hand Soap
Make biodiesel
Meeting U.S qualifications for biodiesel

* Yields
Distributing and Selling Products
Data
Cary F.O.G
program
Increase in
oil
collections
from 2009-
2016
Volume
increase
from year
started to
present.
Data (continued)
PacificBiodiesel
Use waste oil and other feedstock in
production
Production capacity = 5.5 million
gallons/year
F.O.G Steps
What We Need to Do
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