Hi Keith: Any idea what the recyclers do with WVO? I talked to a couple of restaurants and found out that there are people who buy their WVO. The restaurants don't have a clue what is done with the WVO.
Regards, Chris =>-----Original Message----- =>From: Keith Addison [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] =>Sent: Saturday, July 19, 2003 9:56 PM =>To: biofuel@yahoogroups.com =>Subject: Re: [biofuel] dewatering WVO => => =>>Hey Kieth- =>> =>>Which restaurants did you learn not to eat at, and why? =>> =>>Best Regards, =>> =>>John D, in Ohio => => =>Hello John => =>As a general rule we've found the cheaper the restaurant the worse =>the WVO - more abused, cooked longer and probably hotter before being =>renewed, higher FFA levels. Others say the same in other countries. =>I'm sure there are exceptions but I've yet to find one. One real =>cheap eatery in Chiba used quite a lot of oil but didn't have any WVO =>for us - they used it all up! Ulp... I definitely wouldn't eat =>anything that'd been cooked in some of the WVO we've had, lethal I =>reckon. As the prices rise so does the WVO quality. The very good =>stuff that's hardly been used at all comes from the classy joints, =>but it can be hard to get hold of - the waste recyclers seem to like =>it for the same reasons we do. => =>We don't do restaurants now, one step back in the chain, much better. =>Also one step forward: quite a lot of the organic farmers here are =>using our biodiesel in their tractors. Most of them sell most of =>their produce direct to consumers via "teikeis" ("face-to-face"), the =>Japanese version of CSAs (Community Supported Agriculture), and =>apparently the original inspiration for CSAs. Midori, my partner at =>Journey to Forever, made flyers for them to put in the delivery boxes =>with all the veggies, with a photo of the happy organic farmer =>driving his biod-fuelled tractor and explaining a bit about it. And, =>as hoped, the consumers are now starting to send the WVO from their =>home kitchens back to the farmers in the empty boxes. So the farmers =>are now moving towards making their own fuel from their customers' =>used cooking oil, quite nice. The oil itself is as good as the best =>stuff we get, hardly used at all, not overheated, very low titration, =>no water content. Maybe that's because these are organic produce =>consumers and perhaps more aware of food and health issues, but maybe =>not. We've also been offered oil by a women's group that's into waste =>recycling and collects WVO at household level. They make soap out of =>it but they have too much and don't have a good market for the soap. =>These aren't organic consumers, so we'll see. Probably it's also =>high-quality WVO. So much for cheap restaurants. Pity. => =>regards => =>Keith => ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Free shipping on all inkjet cartridge & refill kit orders to US & Canada. Low prices up to 80% off. We have your brand: HP, Epson, Lexmark & more. http://www.c1tracking.com/l.asp?cid=5510 http://us.click.yahoo.com/GHXcIA/n.WGAA/ySSFAA/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/
