Cooking Oil Converted to Fuel Bus Fleets
Targeted News Service -- EVANSTON, IL -- October 15, 2012 -- Northwestern University and Loyola University are teaming up in a green initiative that will recycle vegetable oil from dining halls to fuel the schools' respective shuttle bus fleets.The two universities are working with Chicago Biofuels, a local company which collects used cooking oil and refines it for use as a renewable fuel, in this case a chemically converted biodiesel fuel. Northwestern will burn the oil in a number of buses running on the Chicago campus.
The Northwestern/Loyola collaboration is designed not only to increase biodiesel production, but also to foster education and outreach on both campuses and beyond, said Brian Peters, assistant vice president for University Services.
Chicago Biofuels will collect oil from Northwestern's food service provider Sodexo and Loyola's Aramark dining services. The oil will be recycled into biodiesel products in Loyola's biodiesel lab on its Lake Shore Campus.
Products will include, but are not limited to, biodiesel fuel for both campuses shuttle services, which are run by The Free Enterprise System. Biodiesel soap, known as BioSoap, has been sold to the public for the last two years. Other product options are being discussed and planned for future use.
"This partnership was a natural fit," said Loyola's biodiesel lab manager Zach Waickman. "Loyola and Northwestern are neighbors with shared values and resources. By combining our resources, we will be able to fuel both of our bus fleets and hopefully encourage other schools, agencies and businesses to use more local, renewable fuels."
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