(Notícia em Inglês)
US Foodservice is getting into the biofuels business with the purchase of a company specializing in recycling used cooking oil into biodiesel.
US Foodservice acquired Bluffton, S.C.-based WVO Industries with plans to convert the waste vegetable oil used in its customers' deep fryers into biodiesel to fuel its fleet. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
"In my mind, it's a closed-circle oil product," said Durwood Owens, president of the U.S. Foodservice-Columbia division in South Carolina.
In a phone interview, Owens explained that US Foodservice sells fresh vegetable oil to restaurant customers for use in their deep fryers. For the last 18 months, US Foodservice acted as WVO's exclusive waste oil collector, picking up the full five-gallon sealable buckets and leaving empty vessels in their place.
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US Foodservice is getting into the biofuels business with the purchase of a company specializing in recycling used cooking oil into biodiesel.
US Foodservice acquired Bluffton, S.C.-based WVO Industries with plans to convert the waste vegetable oil used in its customers' deep fryers into biodiesel to fuel its fleet. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
"In my mind, it's a closed-circle oil product," said Durwood Owens, president of the U.S. Foodservice-Columbia division in South Carolina.
In a phone interview, Owens explained that US Foodservice sells fresh vegetable oil to restaurant customers for use in their deep fryers. For the last 18 months, US Foodservice acted as WVO's exclusive waste oil collector, picking up the full five-gallon sealable buckets and leaving empty vessels in their place.
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