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Convenience store operator Seven-Eleven Japan Co said Monday that it will test the use of biodiesel fuel made from recycled cooking oil in delivery vehicles in Hokkaido for three months through the end of August.
In the biggest test on biodiesel use in Japan, waste cooking oil will be collected from Seven-Eleven shops and a food maker in Sapporo and nearby areas for production of the environment-friendly fuel.
Seven-Eleven will use the biodiesel fuel for deliveries of boxed meal deliveries to some 460 outlets in Sapporo and nearby areas as well as in Tomakomai by 58 vehicles.
The total driving distance covered will be some 2 million kilometers, using about 16,000 liters of the fuel.
The company expects the use of biodiesel to cut total carbon dioxide emissions by some 42.7 tons during the three-month test period.
© JCN
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XTokyoite
A Tokyo renderer was making biodeisel out of used cooking oil since the early 90's. A KFC franchise in Nagano has been doing this since 1998 and in addition to fueling delivery trucks, they were using the biodiesel for co-generating electricity off a diesel generator to run the restaurant they collected the oil from. It's about time this is catching on. While there are challenges making quality fuel from recycled oil, it's not rocket science.
apecNetworks
Oil is rising in price much faster than I had anticipated, so the use of used cooking oil on any large scale now, is a surprise. But, I did have a name for it on JT in Sept.2003:
borscht
Why are they 'testing' it in 2008? Willie Nelson has been selling it since 2004. Or is 'testing' a euphemism for 'getting government money to convert to biodiesel'? (Oh no, the inner cynic is escaping.)
apecNetworks
Goooooooooooooooooooo.....TEMPURA EXPRESS!!!!!!!!!
himasan
From the taste of their food I thought they were using cooking oil made from waste of biodiesel.