Waste Vegetable Oil

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Waste Vegetable Oil (WVO), oil that is left-over after frying food and other uses, is used as a feedstock for production of biodiesel.

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• Energy Alternative Solutions Inc. - EAS is building a biodiesel plant using waste vegetable oil and restaurant tallow as a feedstock in central California.

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Agricultural waste (Corn stover, Straw, Waste citrus peels) | Municipal waste (MSW) | Waste Vegetable Oil

	Bioenergy feedstocks	edit
Biodiesel feedstocks: Currently in use: Animal fat | Castor beans | Coconut oil | Jatropha | Jojoba | Karanj | Palm oil | Rapeseed | Soybeans | Sunflower seed | Waste Vegetable Oil (WVO) Currently in research and development: Algae | Halophytes (Salt-tolerant plants) Ethanol feedstocks: First-generation: Cassava | Corn | Milo | Nypa palm | Sorghum | Sugar beets | Sugar cane | Sweet potato | Waste citrus peels | Wheat | Whey Second-generation: For cellulosic technology - Grasses: Miscanthus, Prairie grasses, Switchgrass | Trees: Hybrid poplar, Mesquite, Willow Charcoal feedstocks: Bamboo | Wood Waste-to-energy (MSW)

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