AN exciting initiative to recycle used cooking oil to generate green electricity has come to Whittlesey this month.
Cambridgeshire County Council, Donarbon Waste Management Ltd and Living Fuels have teamed up with Anglian Water to launch the scheme.
Waste cooking oil recycling banks can now be found at the recycling centre in New Road, Whittlesey.
They are a
lso at Hundred Road, in March, and Boleness Road in Wisbech.
They will help householders put their waste vegetable cooking oil to good use instead of pouring it down the sink, which causes blockages costing Anglian Water more than £5 million a year to clear.
The supplier of these banks, Living Fuels, will recycle and purify the used cooking oil for the generation of green electricity.
Once their used cooking oil is cool, householders can pour it into a suitable sealable container before taking it to be poured into one of the banks.
Managing director of Living Fuels Adrian Venni said: "Throwing away used cooking oil is a problem for two reasons – it clogs up drains and sewers, and it contains unused energy, which we cannot afford to waste."
Collette Nicholls, of Anglian Water, said: "We applaud initiatives which help stop any food waste going down the sink, and we hope that our customers in Whittlesey will take up this opportunity to recycle their oil."
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