Welcome to the
Home of the Vegistroke

Waste Vegetable Oil

Waste Vegetable Oil is used cooking oil collected from local restaurants and delis. By using it for fuel, you are recycling what is otherwise a waste product. The oil is non-toxic, and only poses a cholesterol risk to Fido, the family dog.  And once burned, the smell is akin to a fryer, not a diesel pickup. The emissions as tested by the Oregon DOT is .002 PPM carbon monoxide when the allowable limit is .1 ppm.

To learn more about using waste vegetable oil as a fuel visit the Wikipedia website.

Dana Linscott (Vegoil conversions) has an excellent article titled "Negotiating for Waste Vegetable Oil".  Here is an excerpt:

Usually the most "available" (read as inexpensive) vegoil is wvo (waste vegoil) so this is the option I usually recommend investigating first. You cannot simply TAKE wvo from the dumpsters sitting behind restaurants. It usually BELONGS to somebody else. In most cases wvo in a dumpster BELONGS to the rendering/grease disposal company that owns the dumpster. Removing wvo from these dumpsters is THEFT unless you have permission. Often the restaurant owner/manager may not have a clue that the contract with the grease disposal company takes ownership of this waste product once it is poured into their dumpster. Having "permission" from a restaurant that does not legally own the wvo will not be a defense if you are caught and prosecuted/sued by the grease hauler whose dumpster you are removing wvo from. And such prosecutions have already taken place.   (reprinted from www.biodieselcommunity.org) ...read the entire article.