Tallahassee Recyles Cooking Oil into Biodiesel
by Will Brown (Tallahassee.com) … A city of Tallahassee pilot program converts old cooking oil to biodiesel in an attempt to save money and find alternative usages for cooking oils. … Of the 2,000 pieces of equipment in the city’s fleet — and that includes fire trucks, lawnmowers, forklifts and many others things — more than a quarter use biodiesel fuel, said Buddy Driggers, the city’s parts and fuel supervisor.
… The program is a partnership between the city and the United Way of the Big Bend. Essentially, restaurants donate old oil to the United Way and the city purchases that oil from the nonprofit for approximately 50 cents per gallon, which equates to a total expenditure of $3,000 on fuel this calendar year. Restaurants that participate receive a tax deduction for their donation, said Ken Armstrong, president of the United Way of the Big Bend. READ MORE
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