Cenro Urges Dabawenyos to Donate Used Cooking Oil for Biodiesel
by Iona Finlay C. Mendoza (SunStar/Davao) DABAWENYOS are urged to donate used cooking oil to be used for the BioDiesel facility of the city government, said City Environment and Natural Resources Office (Cenro) on June 21, 2022.
Cenro Information Education Campaign Unit Spokesperson Orly Limpangog said during a radio interview that rather than disposing of it incorrectly, it’s better to donate the used cooking oil in order to recycle it as a raw material for the BioDiesel Fuel Plant (BDFP) of Davao City.
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The cooking oil will be collected at the barangay level which will then be turned over to the BDFP facility in Barangay Maa.
Limpangog added that the program also helps lessen the presence of used cooking oil in canals and waterways which is a factor in the city’s flooding problem.
In turn, the refined oil produced will be used to fill up city government-issued utility vehicles such as garbage trucks. Around ten percent of the collected used cooking oil is used in breaking down biodegradable waste into compost.
The barangay-level collection originally started in 2017 but was temporarily put on hold since, according to Engr. Lakandiwa Orcullo of CENRO during a press conference last April, said the amount of used cooking oil collected from the barangays was not enough.
Thus, most of the raw materials used lately are taken from different dining establishments in the city. Orcullo said 1,000 liters of used cooking oil makes 900 liters of biodiesel.
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Last April, Cenro shared that the BDFP has already produced 198,400 liters of biodiesel since it began operations in 2017.
Orcullo also added that the biodiesel project is beneficial because used cooking oil is considered hazardous waste to the environment and recycling it also helps with the city’s emission problem. READ MORE
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