ECOBUS - Collecting used
cooking oils to their recycling as
biofuel for diesel engines
LIFE02 ENV/E/000253
Project description Environmental issues Beneficiaries Administrative data
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Contact details:
Project Manager : Ramón RUIZ...
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ECOBUS - Collecting used
cooking oils to their recycling as
biofuel for diesel engines
LIFE02 ENV/E/000253
Project description Environmental issues Beneficiaries Administrative data
Read more
Contact details:
Project Manager : Ramón RUIZ HERNáNDEZ
Tel: 34 (96) 3696900
Fax: 34 (96) 3607405
Email: Emtvalen@mugenat.
es
Project description:
Background
Cooking oil is a waste material that can be found everywhere in the European
Union and for which collection schemes and recovery options are not
sufficiently developed.
Cooking oil is generally recycled and used for animal
feed.
However, because of recent legislative developments, this practice may
not be possible in the near future.
Therefore it is necessary to find another
recovery option and an outlet for waste cooking oil.
The common method of
deposing the oils in the sewage system is an illegal practice that causes many
problems.
The oils clog the sewage systems causing malfunctions in the filters
and oil/water sepa
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