{"id":14396,"date":"2012-09-08T16:00:54","date_gmt":"2012-09-08T14:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/09\/join-the-biofuel-revolution\/"},"modified":"2012-09-08T16:00:54","modified_gmt":"2012-09-08T14:00:54","slug":"join-the-biofuel-revolution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/join-the-biofuel-revolution\/","title":{"rendered":"Join the Biofuel Revolution"},"content":{"rendered":"

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If you find yourself curiously hungry whilst driving behind a white 4\u00d74 with a MyPE sticker on in future there could be a reason for it.<\/p>\n

After months of cajoling, high level talks between his people and mine, deep level espionage (aka browsing Google), I finally decided to fill my bakkie up with used Cooking oil from Greentech Biofuels. One of my experiments was with 100% pure bio-diesel which I used to see if it would start my braai fire \u2013 passed 100%. I aped my late father who always used to say that the best way to start a fire was with 3 bags of charcoal (still in the bag), 5 bundles of wood (with the inner tyre binding on), 5 litres of petrol and one match (his nod to conservation!). Our neighbours eventually got used to the regular Sunday lunchtime Armageddon practice.<\/p>\n

On Thursday 6 September my bakkie was filled with 50% used Cooking Oil as Hayden Hill from Greentech Biofuels<\/a> explained:<\/p>\n

Greentech collects used cooking oil from restaurants across the city, filters it and puts it through a process to turn it into eco-friendly bio-diesel which is then mixed 50-50 with \u2018ordinary\u2019 diesel and sold to businesses and private individuals who are eco and price sensitive.<\/p>\n

The price per liter is less than you will pay at the pumps and large users are supplied with an on premise diesel tank that they can dispense from.<\/p>\n

After much sniffing of my exhaust I was most disappointed to not get that wonderful aroma of cooking chips \u2013 the satisfaction of saving a couple of bob as well as helping to reduce the amount of used cooking oil that is disposed of in a non eco-friendly manner does give me a curious sense of being connected in a responsible way to the environment, though.<\/p>\n

One of the by-products of the process of turning used cooking oil into bio-diesel is glycerine. As a businessman that strives to recycle, Hayden is experimenting with making soap from the by-product. Liquid soap dispensers and bar soap with oats added are the first of his experiments. We tried the soap at home and it was pronounced effective if a bit of a strange colour. Of course knowing where it comes from does put one off a bit.<\/p>\n

Hayden is one of those guys who is passionate about his product and remains focused. Judging by my initial reluctance to fill up with bio-diesel, despite my awareness of the need to find alternatives, I can understand that gaining new clients involves a lot of responsible marketing and education, BUT, I can also see that once a client is \u2018converted\u2019 and sees the multiple benefits including that all important savings aspect then Greentech Biofuels will be well on their way to great success.<\/p>\n

Contact Hayden from Greentech Biofuels<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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The Meat Wagon gets it\u2019s dose of eco-friendly bio-diesel from Greentech Biofuels owner \u2013 Hayden Hill<\/p>\n

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