The article on NY waste oil dumping can be found at http://webconx.green-trust.org/2000/biofuel/fatdumping.htm
Steve Spence Subscribe to the Renewable Energy Newsletter & Discussion Boards. Read about Sustainable Technology: http://www.green-trust.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: "murdoch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <biofuel@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Sunday, October 06, 2002 1:16 PM Subject: Re: [biofuel] Mike Pelly biodiesel story in Seattle Times > >In our area of central New York state, one of the large super market chains claims > >they are getting paid for their WVO. Another one in town is tossing the 4.5 gal of > >WVO in the dumpster > > A year or two ago it seemed to me there was a story in the NY Times about New > York City Restauraunts illegally (some of them) dumping their waste in the > sewers, mucking up the works. Not that this is the same issue, but aren't there > any regs against putting such waste in the dumpsters in such amounts? > > >(I'm working on them, hoping they'll let me take it instead). > >The local Walmart is being charged, but won't let me take it because of fear of > >liability issues. I haven't checked the local fast food chains. > > > >It seems best to deal with locally owned private, non franchise stores and > >restaurants for their WVO, thereby saving them the 40 cents U.S. (on average) per > >gallon they are charged by the renderers. Every dollar saved helps toward their > >bottom line. > > > >Chris > > I'm not sure what a renderer is, but my angle is different than some others'. > > My angle would be as a trouble-maker for the big guys who are needlessly doing > the wrong thing. So, it would be less important to me to know of how to buy it > from small guys in my own community than to know of specific large companies who > are needlessly mucking up the works (literally) by not availing themselves of > the most enlightened possible policies (not to mention costing their > shareholders money by paying others to haul it away, rather than getting full > value for it). > > If a company like McDonald's or Burger King, for example, does not have > enlightened policies in place, or has not put test programs in place with all > possible earnestness, then this needs to be brought to light. > > It's always hard to bring the waste-to-useful-product angle to light, but it has > to be done, I think. > > Thx for the response, I should add, it is part of the picture I was looking for. > > > Biofuel at Journey to Forever: > http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > > Biofuels list archives: > http://archive.nnytech.net/ > > Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address. > To unsubscribe, send an email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > > > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Sell a Home with Ease! http://us.click.yahoo.com/SrPZMC/kTmEAA/MVfIAA/FGYolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives: http://archive.nnytech.net/ Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
