Ever wonder what to do with your old cooking oil? A local Chicago university has an eco-friendly idea they’re deploying.

The Searle Biodiesel Lab makes 8,000 gallons a year of cleaner-burning fuel from waste oil sourced from Loyola’s dining halls, the Art Institute of Chicago, Shedd Aquarium and elsewhere.

WASHINGTON, July 21, 2020 -- The production of biodiesel from vegetable oil has been around for more than 150 years, and the approach significantly reduces several pollutants associated with burning ...

A study reveals how cottonseed waste can be transformed into clean energy, offering a promising path toward a self-sustaining ...

Hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO), derived entirely from waste-based feedstock, successfully substituted diesel in a pilot ...

THE Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Manila has launched a used cooking oil collection program that seeks to convert waste oil ...

On July first, a new Connecticut state law will require all home heating oil to be blended with a new, sustainable, green liquid fuel. Cooking oil from local restaurants is being turned into a ...

After Rudolf Diesel debuted his peanut oil engine at the World’s Fair in 1900, it wasn’t uncommon to see hemp, tallow, and corn oil used for energy. But when fossil fuel prices dropped in the 1940s, ...