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EPA – Biodiesel from waste oil project
  • Byproducts Beneficial Use Summit 11/06
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EPA project goals
  • Identify barriers to using waste vegetable oil to make and use biodiesel fuel.
  • Identify available resource and collection
  • Characterize scale and location of biodiesel production
  • Ensure benefits are local and sustainable.
  • Aid the emissions performance of local public fleet vehicles.
  • Produce business plan template
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EPA project work plan
-addressing 4 topics
  • Feedstock
  • Production
  • Distribution
  • Use
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EPA project - Feedstock
  • Survey of available resource
  • Collection issues
  • Storage and pre-processing
  • Community feedback
  • Interim findings
  • Further work
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EPA project - Production
  • Existing activity on Central Coast
  • Challenges for market entrants
  • Scaling issues
  • Permitting and HazMat issues
  • Waste by-products
  • Interim findings
  • Further work
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EPA project – Distribution/Use
  • Focus on fleets
  • Upstream v’s local blending
  • Storage
  • Proximity of production and use
  • Product quality
  • Interim findings
  • Further work
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EPA project - interim findings
  • Total city resource estimated at 50,000 gallons per year
  • Resource availability favors distributed small scale production units


  • Bio-diesel made from local waste vegetable oil can be an important but not major factor for public fleets
  • WVO is a local waste stream that can be effectively processed locally.
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EPA project – further work
  • Supplement survey data
  • Clarify local collection options
  • Template for small scale producers
  • Clarify production economics
  • Pilot plant at landfill location