Bio-diesel Update

Although we are way behind schedule, ~9 months, the bio-diesel processor is ready for production. The one hiccup, however, is acquiring good waste vegetable oil (WVO). Can you believe it we have spent over J$1million on a 60-gallon bio-diesel processor and we can't get good quality oil. I guess you can say that this was a bit of an oversight. Because we were under the assumption that we could get vast quantities of waste cooking oil, we designed a processor entirely way too big. The problem with the oil from the fast food restaurants (Juici Patti, KFC, Tastee, Mother's) is that they reuse the oil extensively to save cost. To accommodate this, they add a powder to the oil that collects the solids to the bottom of the fryers. Since the powder is small, we cannot filter it out when we go use it in the processor. After exhausting most of the fast food restaurants, we are going to try and link with the hotels and small cook shops. The lesson learned? Establish a source of good quality oil before embarking on a big bio-diesel processor.