BENGALURU: People who have always wondered what to do with used cooking oil, now instead of throwing it and adding to the rising pollution levels, can give it to an authorised trader who will in turn supply it to fuel companies for it is a good bio-diesel. Just like ethanol is blended with petrol to ensure there is lower import cost and reduction in pollution level, used cooking oil can be processed and blended with diesel, said R K Sayal, CGM, Operations, Indian Oil Corporation Limited, Karnataka. The re-purposed used cooking oil (Ruco) can be made into bio-diesel and a Central government policy has also come out on this.
“The oil which is used at least three times has oxidants and is very difficult to dispose. To address this issue, a meeting with heads of all hotels, restaurants and other users was held four months ago. Bengaluru produces around 40,000 kilo litre Ruco per month and so far IOCL has 49,000 KL bio-diesel. There is a need of at least 2.3 lakh KL of bio-diesel per year to start supplying it to commuters,” said Sayal.
