Across the US, yellow grease thefts are expected to increase come spring as demand for biodiesel continues to increase, pushing up prices to about 25 cents per pound, triple the price back in 2000 before the Renewable Fuel Standard mandated blending biodiesel. Biodiesel prices are up 12% since late February, prompting further demand for used […]
In California, the state Assembly’s transportation committee overwhelmingly approved a bill that would combat the increasing amount of yellow grease theft. The bill would seek to give law enforcement the tools needed to defer the theft by increasing the penalties for theft, creating stricter rules for grease haulers and granting police the right to impound […]
In New York, the city’s Environmental Department (DEP) is partnering with other city departments to improve yellow grease disposal regulation and reduce sewer back-up. In order to reduce the instances of improper disposal linked both to poor drainage interceptors and unlicensed transportation of the grease for conversion to biodiesel, the city plans to increase inspections […]
In Florida, Freedom Environmental Services and Clean Fuel of Lakeland consummated a three-year yellow grease supply agreement. Freedom notes that while there can be no guarantees, management believes that the value of the contract could exceed $18 million if the maximum volumes are achieved by Grease Recovery Solutions, a subsidiary of Freedom Environmental Services, over […]
In New Jersey, Renewable BioSystems announced their first North American sale of one of its line of oil extraction machines, for installation during the first quarter of 2011. The unnamed RBL customer for this machine supplies oil feedstocks to biodiesel plants. RBL technology separates the oil from organic waste streams such as food factory waste, […]
Imagine if you will a gigantic beast made entirely from trap grease, woken from its slumber by climate change, who wreaks vengeance on the wasteful wasters of western civilization. I can hear its terrible, terrifying cries: I ZAP your waste grease. I POWER the world on your leave-behinds. Your trash is my UNSTOPPABLE ENERGY SOURCE. […]
In Virginia, the National Renderers Association is estimating that grease theft has risen to as much as six million pounds per year across North America, and as much as $1 million in lost revenues for members of (the other) NRA. The figures surfaced in an entertaining loom at grease theft published in City.ca, which looked […]
In North Carolina, Rep. John Torbett, R-Stanley, responding to the increasing theft of yellow kitchen grease has proposed a bill that would make it a felony to steal $1,000 or more of yellow grease, and a misdemeanor if less were stolen. Additionally, Torbett is proposing that any yellow grease collectors must be licensed and inspected […]
In an article from last September, we introduced Texas attorney Jon Jaworski to Digest readers, via a hilarious profile that appeared on Minyanville.com. Jaworski is known as “the Grease Lawyer,” specializing in advising on cases involving grease theft. “I had a guy who was paid with a bottle of vodka and a couple cartons of […]
In Kansas, Honeywell recently announced that Coffeyville Resources & Marketing, a wholly owned subsidiary of CVR Energy, has selected Honeywell for a feasibility study for lower-carbon hydrogen production in Coffeyville, Kansas. The study will evaluate the application of carbon capture and hydrogen purification as an emission reduction solution. The Coffeyville site is evaluating utilizing Honeywell […]
