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[greenyes] Biodiesel
- Subject: [greenyes] Biodiesel
- From: Amy Perlmutter <amyperl@no.address>
- Date: Thu, 04 Sep 2003 02:25:58 -0400
A good contact is the national biodiesel board, www.biodiesel.org
> Date: Wed, 03 Sep 2003 11:43:16 -0400
> To: <greenyes@no.address>
> From: "Wayne Turner" <WAYNET@no.address>
> Subject: Biodiesel
> Message-Id: <sf55d3dd.092@no.address>
>
> Greenyes Colleagues,
>
> I recently had a question asked of me about the conversion of
> restaurant trap grease into biodiesel. There is a local rendering plant
> near me which I called for information. They referred me to their
> corporate headquarters which I then called. I have not received a
> return call from them.
>
> Does anyone know if there are rendering plants that are selling trap
> grease to biodiesel producers or producing it themselves? I'm assuming
> that these rendering plants, true to their profit motives, are seeking
> the production of products that will ensure the highest margins. I
> would be interested in knowing how biodiesel compares to the production
> of tallow and cosmetic bases in terms of margins. Also, is the demand
> for biodiesel to a point at which it would make economic sense for
> rendering plants to divert a portion of their feedstock into this market
> or produce the fuel themselves.
>
> Thanks in advance for any information.
>
> B. Wayne Turner
> City of Winston-Salem
> Utilities Division
> phone: (336) 727 8418
> email: waynet@no.address
>
> "Experience is what allows us to recognize repeated mistakes."
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