I was on a tour of Zuraw Technologies -Biodiesel Production Facility in Acton. They are connected to Everpure cooperative Biodiesel Cycle. There were many from the surrounding media as well as M.P. Michael Chong. It was a most fascinating tour as this company is into biodiesel fuel. I can tell you Michael Chong is well versed on the subject. The Federal Government is a strong supporter of biofuel. What is biodiesel fuel? Biodiesel can be used in any existing diesel engine, including tractors, generators, and home heating furnaces. It is readily biodegradable, less toxic than salt and does not give off volatile vapors. It has greater lubricating properties than regular diesel fuel and can increase the life of your engine. In fact, I learned yesterday, that diesel engines were originally designed to run on natural oils!
Making biodiesel from vegetable oils is a simple procedure involving a chemical/catalytic process. The final product can be used in your vehicle's fuel system with NO modifications to the engine.
When you use biodiesel in your engine you dramatically reduce greenhouse gases, carcinogens, toxins, soot, sulfur and others produced by your diesel engine. What I learned is Biofuel is made from recycled oils, minimizing the impact from food production.
The Everpure Biodiesel Cooperative is committed to using only waste oils to produce biodiesel. This will be supporting local farmers while promoting economic and environmental sustainability.
How does this work locally. Everpure provides quality cooking oil to local restaurants. They will collect the used restaurant oils and process this into bio fuel, suitable for any diesel engine including cars, trucks, and farm vehicles.
There are a lot of benefits to the local restaurants. They will supply free regular deliveries, free waste oil collection, free oil management advice, high quality fryer oil and knowing that all of your waste vegetable oil is recycled into carbon neutral biodiesel fuel. Seems like a win win for everyone. For more information go to http://www.everpurebiod.ca/.
As of yesterday, there are 6 Halton Hills restaurants who have signed into this program. So the next time you order fries in Halton Hills, ask " Where did you get your cooking oil from?"
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