Facebook Icon

 

 

EFCN Links

 

Projects

Biodiesel roundtable

There is growing interest in using biodiesel to reduce exposure by workers and school children to toxic diesel exhaust. Among the various forms of biodiesel feedstock,report cover locally-generated waste vegetable oil constitutes the cleanest feedstock with the least impact on the environment. To learn about why Southern Californian fleet managers from city government, the entertainment sector and transportation logistics chose to use waste oil biodiesel, the process of converting their fleets to biodiesel, as well as regulatory challenges they faced during the transition and any ongoing challenges, please download this report.

EFC9 organized the Biodiesel Roundtable at Dominican University of California in San Rafael, bringing together over 50 representatives from industry (including haulers, producers, distributors and users), regulators, public agencies and biodiesel roundtablecommunity-based organizations in 2008. The mission of the Roundtable was to identify and resolve obstacles California communities encounter in efforts to produce and use biodiesel derived from waste grease (used cooking oil). Through a facilitated process, attendees listened to presentations, told stories about their experiences with biodiesel, worked together to identify key issues and concluded the day by generating 64 suggestions about how to achieve the Roundtable’s goal. These suggestions fell into five areas of emphasis: criteria/standards, education, feedstock/production, funding and regulatory/policy change.

Based on the outcome of the Roundtable, in 2009 and 2010 EFC9 prepared a set of case studies to identify why Southern Californian fleet managers from city government, the entertainment sector and transportation logistics chose to use waste oil biodiesel, the process of converting their fleets to biodiesel, as well as regulatory challenges they faced during the transition and any ongoing challenges. In the course of this research EFC9 identified a host of obstacles preventing the creation of a local and sustainable waste to fuel economy.

 

Related Reports