Reduce Costs - Filter and re-use cooking oil to save money

In the face of rising oil prices and global concern over the availability of fossil fuels, the biodiesel trend is steadily gaining favor amongst the automotive community. Forward thinking companies that realize this emerging trend and seek to take advantage of the rising value of bio-fuels put themselves at a greater advantage in the developing marketplace. "The global markets for biodiesel are entering a period of rapid transitional growth, creating both uncertainty and opportunity. The first generation biodiesel markets in Europe and the US have reached impressive biodiesel production capacity levels, but remain constrained by feedstock availability. In the BRIC nations of Brazil, India and China, key government initiatives are spawning hundreds of new opportunities for feedstock development, biodiesel production, and export," assesses Will Thurmond, author of Biodiesel 2020 and Biofuels International columnist.

With increasing concern and a shifting focus toward sustainability, many companies are choosing to revaluate how they conduct business and the operational procedures of their franchises. This is especially true in the food service industry, where waste has always been a necessary, albeit undesirable, evil. Since its inception in 1996, Filtafry, an internationally renowned leader in environmentally conscientious kitchen solutions, has been helping the food service industry minimize waste and reduce energy usage.
"The price of cooking oil, as a commodity, has sky-rocketed in the last year and the need for efficient operations has never been greater," states The Filta Group CEO Victor Clewes. "Filtering and re-using cooking oil reduces oil purchases. Reduced oil purchases result in cost and waste savings. Then, when the oil can no longer be used for cooking, it becomes bio-fuel. Nothing is wasted. It's used in the food we eat, then in the cars we drive. It becomes a net positive for the environment as well as a restaurant's bottom line."

The Filta Group originated as a waste oil and fryer maintenance service based out of the UK. From its humble origins it has since grown to become a global leader in not only environmentally conscientious oil management, but has since expanded its eco-friendly efforts into cold storage with its FiltaCool line of products and service.
As more and more large corporate entities begin to embrace green business, many smaller businesses are beginning to follow suit. Restaurant owners are starting to realize that the waste oil that was once a burden is rapidly becoming a marketable commodity and that getting in now will serve them well in the future. "From 2008 through 2020, a series of transitions in the bio diesel industry will create winners and losers," says Thurmond. "Bio diesel producers that are best able to evolve and adapt to transitions in technology, markets, feed stocks and government policies are most likely to succeed over the long term."

As these trends continue, it becomes imperative for small businesses to pick up the banner of sustainability and green business. Not only is their public pressure to do so, but as new means of conservation are struck upon, it becomes more and more apparent that availing oneself of them is the economically sensible thing to do. Keeping current with emerging developments and finding ways to integrate more efficient and sustainable business practices is the only practical means of growth and development into the burgeoning biodiesel market.

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