Recycled Cooking Oil Benefits

Sirona Fuels' current fuel production is primarily based on refined waste vegetable oils from local businesses. Restaurants typically replace their fryer oils at least once a week. The impact of repurposing that oil includes only the energy used in its collection and refinement.

An important consideration when evaluating any biodiesel is the amount of energy used in its production and delivery and the impact its production and use have on the environment. A full life cycle analysis presents these factors in a way that allows meaningful comparisons to be made between fuels. If a feedstock displaces food based crops, this is also taken into consideration.

Locally generated waste vegetable oil constitutes the cleanest feedstock with the least impact on the environment in terms of energy use, food displacement, and emissions production. It far outperforms virgin soy based biodiesel which itself outperforms corn based ethanol by a large margin. Jatropha scores very high on the scale and is necessarily pursued because there will never be enough waste vegetable oil to fill our energy needs.