14 DAY TRIAL // Experts managed to prove that the oil we use to cook our daily meals can reflect its benefits even after we consider it unnecessary. Throughout time, scientists showed that recycled cooking oil can be used to power bus fleets, and now it is time for them to highlight its usage in keeping our households warm.
Merseyside Waste Disposal Authority (MWDA) joined efforts with Veolia Environmental Services and and Living Fuels green company to convince people that there are more efficient ways to get rid of their used oil than just pouring it down the sink.
The partners plan to collect significant quantities of waste oil, refine it and then bring it back to the UK inhabitants as a form of sustainable energy available for their homes.
Such an innovative measure, one applied on a national scale, would save the U.K. water companies a considerable amount of money, while taking care of the environment.
The fact that many individuals decide to dump the waste oil in the sink while cleaning their dishes represents a significant issue for the local sewer systems. Also, the substance counts as one of the most common polluters generated by households, all across the globe.
Water companies as well as environmental organizations struggle to change this damaging attitude, since cleaning up the sewer system after it has been contaminated with waste oil implies £15 million every year.
The bioliquid is expected to bring some extra green power to the national grid, after being processed by customized engines.
This innovative strategy creates a win-win solution for the providers, the population and the water companies.
Individuals will be excited to receive the opportunity of displaying their green values while experiencing the benefits offered by a new, sustainable source of energy.
Officials from Living Fuels stated that 14 collecting tanks are available so far, and each tank has the capacity to store up to 300 gallons of used oil.
Experts estimate that this quantity would be enough to respond to a household's demand for green energy, for an entire year.
"As well as removing this waste product from the environment we’re also helping to create energy. So, residents can be doubly pleased they’re helping clean up Merseyside," declared Joe De’Asha, chairperson of MWDA.
It seems that 1.25 million tons of oil are preparing to go down the sink every year, so this strategy will most likely become highly efficient and very popular in the near future.