by Syiffaa’ Musa (The Star) ... Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) and CIMB Foundation are collaborating to educate the public through a BioDiesel From Used Cooking Oil Programme.
The project encourages the public to drop off their used cooking oil at one of three collection centres in UPM where it will be processed into biodiesel.
The used cooking oil should not have been used more than three times, and must be chilled and put into a container before being brought to UPM.
RM1 will be given for each kg of used cooking oil contributed.
...
CIMB Bank UPM branch manager Zuraiti Zakaria said CIMB Foundation is contributing RM45,000 in support of the programme.
...
“By mixing 90% pure diesel and 10% biodiesel, we can use it like normal diesel to power vehicles such as buses.
“For now, the biodiesel produced is for internal use, but we encourage industries to meet us to discuss how this technology can be adapted on a larger scale,” he said. READ MORE
↧