Alaskan rubbish collector produces biofuel from UCO
The rubbish collectors of the city of Anchorage, Alaska, have begun running their rubbish trucks on biodiesel sourced from waste cooking oil which is picked up during their rounds.
Alaska Waste’s plant, which cost $3 million (€2.4 million) to construct, was unveiled on 17 June this year and has already begun producing the biofuel for use in its trucks.
Alaska Waste now collects the used cooking oil (UCO) from a total of 240 businesses, including restaurants, hotels and hospitals, for the production of biodiesel instead of dumping it in landfills.
According to Jeff Riley, chief operating officer at Alaska Waste, the company built the biodiesel production facility for three main reasons: to cash in on a useful product, to reduce the company’s carbon emissions and to reduce the amount of grease being left at landfill sites.
And last year Alaska Waste installed a number of storage tanks at nearby large-scale kitchens, which store the potential fuel until the company’s trucks collect it.
The franchise owner of Dairy Queen Grill and Chill Greg Todd said: ‘It’s a win-win situation. It saves restaurant employees time and effort handling the waste.’
Other commercial eateries using Alaska Waste’s oil storage tanks include Fred Meyer, Safeway, McDonald’s, Carl’s Jr., Wal-Mart, the Lucky Wishbone and the Peanut Farm.
Alaska Waste’s plant, which cost $3 million (€2.4 million) to construct, was unveiled on 17 June this year and has already begun producing the biofuel for use in its trucks.
Alaska Waste now collects the used cooking oil (UCO) from a total of 240 businesses, including restaurants, hotels and hospitals, for the production of biodiesel instead of dumping it in landfills.
According to Jeff Riley, chief operating officer at Alaska Waste, the company built the biodiesel production facility for three main reasons: to cash in on a useful product, to reduce the company’s carbon emissions and to reduce the amount of grease being left at landfill sites.
And last year Alaska Waste installed a number of storage tanks at nearby large-scale kitchens, which store the potential fuel until the company’s trucks collect it.
The franchise owner of Dairy Queen Grill and Chill Greg Todd said: ‘It’s a win-win situation. It saves restaurant employees time and effort handling the waste.’
Other commercial eateries using Alaska Waste’s oil storage tanks include Fred Meyer, Safeway, McDonald’s, Carl’s Jr., Wal-Mart, the Lucky Wishbone and the Peanut Farm.
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