October 21, 2009—BioFuelBox Inc., a leader in waste-to-fuel solutions, says it has launched the world’s first fully scaled refinery for converting waste fat, oil and grease (FOG) from wastewater into a clean-burning renewable fuel. The company’s first plant, located in Idaho, is processing waste FOG from trap grease and is producing a premium, low sulfur, ASTM-compliant biodiesel for on-road use.
The company says that its patented NovoStream process provides the most environmentally friendly solution for remediating watery waste greases like trap grease, wastewater scum, industrial food processing DAF, and other wastewater FOG sources.
Local governments spend more than $25 billion a year maintaining sewer systems, in large part due to grease clogs that cause sanitary sewer overflows, according to BioFuelBox. This sewer-fat crisis is causing municipalities across the country to establish and toughen wastewater FOG ordinances.
The NovoStream process was designed to help reduce these problems and eliminate a significant source of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Moreover, BioFuelBox’s biodiesel is clean-burning with an 85 percent reduction in GHG emissions compared to petroleum-based diesel.
For more information, see the company’s Web site.
