EcoPlus gets go-ahead to produce “white coal” from fats, grease in California

July 18, 2008

In South Carolina, EcoPlus has received approval from the Berkeley County Council to construct a “white coal” plant that would create a coal-like substance for electricity production, using waste fats and grease from local restaurants and businesses. The plant would cost up to $10 million. The company operates a plant in North Carolina that processes 200,000 gallons of oil annually

Grease thieves stealing 600,000 pounds per year in northern California; grease crime wave spreads with few arrests

In California, new reports of rampant grease theft have surfaced from Sacramento to the Oregon border. North State Rendering, which collects restaurant grease, say that grease thieves in northern Cali...

California chips in $1 million towards City of San Francisco waste oil biodiesel project

In California. San Francisco Mayor Newsom announced that the city received $1 million from the California Energy Commission to assist with construction expense of the city's proposed biodiesel refinin...

New hybrid biodiesel from fats, natural gas; blends with gas or diesel, improves mileage, says developer

In California, Stone Soap unveiled a new hybrid biodiesel made from a synthesis of biodiesel stocks such as animal fats and grease with natural gas. The company says that it has developed a new fuel m...

California “grease war” breaks out: recycler arrested on theft after siphoning from rival’s tank

In California, a driver from Waste Oil Recycling in Redding, discovered siphoning grease from a North State Rendering holding tank, was charged with petty theft. The driver said that he was "doing his...

California police sergeant nabbed for stealing half-ton of used cooking oil, as grease crime wave spreads

In California, police sergeant John Landahl of Folsom was arrested this week on a charge of stealing used cooking oil from the Sacramento Rendering Company. The theft of approximately 1000 pounds of g...

Grease theft proliferates as grease prices rise 250 percent; cases across the country, signs of organized crime

Grease thieves continue to appear in the news, interrupting the biodiesel supply chain in the US, prompting a feature story in the Christian Science Monitor on cases in Kentucky, Taxes, Florida, Misso...

Written by Jim Lane · Filed Under Producer News