<pre>Dear BEST,
Please find below an article that discusses the conversion of waste
cooking oil into biodiesel. Kumar Plocher, President of Yokayo Biofuels
in California built his business on collecting used cooking oil and
converting it to biodiesel. Presently, his company collects oil from
more than 1,000 restaurants and produces nearly 500,0000 gallons of
biodiesel each year, and has been collecting used oil since 2002. The
article also briefly discusses the process of transesterification, which
chemically reacts oils or fats with an alcohol to split the oil and
recombine it with a methanol molecule to form methyl ester, or
biodiesel.
Recycling Local Waste Oil and Grease Into Biodiesel
Link: <a title="Recycling Local Waste Oil Into Biodiesel"
href="http://www.ybiofuels.org/images/56July.pdf"
target="_blank">http://www.ybiofuels.org/images/56July.pdf</a>
Diane Greer, "Recycling Local Waste Oil Into Biodiesel," Biocycle July
2010, pg. 56-59.
Sincerely,</pre>
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<pre>Adrian Brene</pre>
<pre>Bioenergy and Sustainability School Intern</pre>
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