Customers can enroll through the app and be part of the initiative which aims to produce vegetable oil in order to boost decarbonization efforts.
ORLEN Unipetrol has partnered with the Czech Technical University in Prague and the Czech University of Life Sciences to launch a pilot project for cooking oil collection. People can now deliver used cooking oil at six service stations in the Ústí Region.
The initiative aims to examine recycling options of the product and its effective conversion into biofuel and petrochemicals. The project was co-funded by the Technology Agency of the Czech Republic as part of the TREND programme and aligns with the company’s strategy to expand energy generation and products from renewable sources.
Customers can join the project by registering through the ORLEN Benzina app and pick up a container designed for storing used cooking oil. When it is full, they can deposit it into a semi-automated collection box and exchange it for an empty container.
“The resulting biofuel has better stability than conventional MEŘO and a higher cetane number than diesel oil. In addition, its manufacture and incineration produce fewer CO2 emissions,” explains Jiří Hájek, CEO and chairman of the Board of Directors of ORLEN UniCRE a.s.
The project was launched in 2021 and will last until 2024, focusing on designing a system for decentralized and automated collection of used cooking oil from households. This will subsequently enable the examining and developing of suitable separation and refining processes for its treatment into hydrodeoxygenated vegetable oil, which can be integrated into the process of refining and petrochemical production.
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