just returned from my fish and chip shop. the owner told me he has been approached by a company that makes biodiesel and wishes to secure his oil. they told him ( threatened) that he and i could be fined by the EPA for our practise of my picking up used cooking oil to make bio.
is there any truth to this? they told him that they are licensed to produce the bio and they supplied him with paperwork stating what they do with the oil after they pick it up. company letter heads.
he also had material handling type paper work supplied that mentioned various cleaning chemicals etc but i could not see any details on cooking oil in these papers nor anything in their company papers to state that by him giving me oil it was against the law and would involve fines to him and myself. he told them he had a guy that picked it up and that he did not know what he (I) did with the oil. now if i pick up oil to be run in a dual fuel setup or to run in a lister generator or to use in a oil heating unit or to add as an ingrediant as a feedstock is there any laws against this or is it only a law against making bio at home?
i imagine that there are no laws by the EPA for transporting small volumes ( 60 litres) of used cooking oil. ill go check that now.
is this just a scare tactic so they can get hold of the resource or what?
the shop owner told me they are cracking down because someone in QLD blew himself up making bio. i dont see how this comes under EPA but maybe they do police the transport or use of chemicals but vegetable oil in itself?
is there any truth to this? they told him that they are licensed to produce the bio and they supplied him with paperwork stating what they do with the oil after they pick it up. company letter heads.
he also had material handling type paper work supplied that mentioned various cleaning chemicals etc but i could not see any details on cooking oil in these papers nor anything in their company papers to state that by him giving me oil it was against the law and would involve fines to him and myself. he told them he had a guy that picked it up and that he did not know what he (I) did with the oil. now if i pick up oil to be run in a dual fuel setup or to run in a lister generator or to use in a oil heating unit or to add as an ingrediant as a feedstock is there any laws against this or is it only a law against making bio at home?
i imagine that there are no laws by the EPA for transporting small volumes ( 60 litres) of used cooking oil. ill go check that now.
is this just a scare tactic so they can get hold of the resource or what?
the shop owner told me they are cracking down because someone in QLD blew himself up making bio. i dont see how this comes under EPA but maybe they do police the transport or use of chemicals but vegetable oil in itself?
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