Save money and be environmentally friendly Thai police are implementing an edible oil recovery scheme

< police stations in the Thai capital, > Bangkok, have been recycling cooking oil since May this year. Whether it's a unit or an individual, a large food producer or a roadside stall selling fried bananas, you can donate used cooking oil to the police. The police then used special equipment to refine the cooking oil into biodiesel, which was used as fuel for police patrol cars.

Thai police say biodiesel made from recycled cooking oil costs just 7 baht per litre, which is much cheaper than regular diesel, which costs nearly 30 baht per litre. If 4,500 police cars used biodiesel, the police could save 255 million baht, or about $7.5 million, a year. In addition, the use of biodiesel as fuel can also reduce vehicle emissions of air pollution, and contribute to environmental protection.

bangkok police biofuel program leader: We are using environmentally friendly oil, because biodiesel produces 70% less carbon dioxide than regular diesel, which reduces the greenhouse effect.

estimated that about 5 million litres of cooking oil are poured into sewers each year in Bangkok, so the police recycling scheme has an adequate source of raw materials. But the plan also meets competition from commercial refineries, some of which buy used cooking oil at 20 baht a litre, and some prefer to sell waste oil to refineries than donate it free of charge to the police. In order to encourage people to donate cooking oil, the police, in addition to promoting the importance of policing, also plan to return half of the biodiesel extracted to donors. Biodiesel is expected to be used in 80 of Thailand's 1,500 police stations by the end of the year.

, with a population of nearly 10 million, dumps 5 million litres of cooking oil a year, a figure that is undoubtedly considerable in the country's big cities, which have a population of more than 10 million.

At present, China is committed to building a resource-saving society, our relevant departments can also consider the introduction of similar measures to recover edible oil, both to save energy and promote environmental protection, is what is the joy.