Daily News—10/29
Permibus fills up on B100 biodiesel at Innovation Fuels
You can’t eat free… unless you’re also getting renewable, clean-burning biodiesel. Well, the world’s first environmentally sustainable tour bus was able to get a free fillup of B100, pure biodiesel, at Innovation Fuels’ New York Harbor bioefinery:
“The Permibus” – the world’s first environmentally sustainable tour bus complete with an interior garden perpetuated by worms, live chicken farm, multidimensional composting system, solar panels and wood burning stove – visited renewable fuels company Innovation Fuels’ New York harbor bio-refinery on Passaic Street in Newark, NJ on Thursday, October 22, 2009 and received a free tanks’ worth or 60 gallons of 100% pure biodiesel. The bus, which has traveled over 11,000 miles on renewable energy, stopped at Innovation Fuels as part of a national tour dedicated to showcasing sustainable living.
More and more, I read about biodiesel buses serving as a great example of how biodiesel works to help people. Here’s another group of folks who should join BDN, we would love to hear more about that bus.
What foodservice operators should know about biodiesel
Image from: http://generalbiodiesel.com/
As with “greenwashing,” an enormous amount of misinformation and confusion surrounds the process of sending commercial kitchen cooking oil for conversion into biodiesel. The goal of this article is to at least begin to address some of the common misconceptions about the process so that restaurants and other foodservice operators can make good decisions about where they send their cooking oil—if they choose to do so—and what follow-up steps they should take.
FE&S spoke with Hoby Douglass, director of business development for General Biodiesel in Seattle. Douglass, who earned his certificate in sustainability from the Bainbridge Graduate Institute in that city, is for certain a “green-minded” individual; that was obvious after talking with him for some time. Douglass helped us wade through all the confusion regarding cooking oil reuse.
First, he explains how the biodiesel-making process works, at least at the General Biodiesel plant.
Great article for the food service industry to help them understand and participate in the collection of waste oils and fats for biodiesel production. It looks like General Biodiesel is here to stay, making their biodiesel from true waste materials. How could anyone argue with that feedstock source? It reads like the perfect way to dispose of something almost every food service makes—WVO.
Providence, RI moves ahead with biodiesel from Newport Biodiesel
Ed Booth, director of operations for Newport Biodiesel, pumps kitchen waste oil from cans outside of the Moorings Restaurant, Newport. The cooking oil is then converted into fuel oil to run engines and heat buildings.
The Providence Journal / Frieda Squires Frieda Squires – Photo from: http://www.projo.com/news/environment/GE_BIODIESEL_MAKERS_08-15-07_6S5TJRK.25d9998.html
More than a 100 Providence restaurants, ranging from Alforno to Mekong Restaurant, have already joined the Green Dining Network, in addition to larger organizations such as the Dunkin Donuts Center, Providence Place Mall and RISD.
The City of Providence currently purchases Biodiesel for use in more than 30 trucks in the Public Works, Parks and Recreation departments. This is in addition to a series of sustainable practices adopted as part of the Mayor's GreenPrint Providence initiative.
“We are grateful to the Mayor and the hundreds of restaurant partners that recognize that partnership with Newport Biodiesel helps to fuel a greener, healthier Rhode Island,” said Chris Benzak, Managing Partner at Newport Biodiesel.
Representatives from Newport Biodiesel were on hand to demonstrate the collection process using one of their specially designed pump trucks.
30 public works trucks and other town vehicles are running on biodiesel from WVO, again, a successful recycling effort of a whole city, with big participation from the restaurants. A great example for every city.
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