PETALING JAYA: Most of the used cooking oil collected from kitchens are no longer recycled for biodiesel because of the high cost involved, according to a middleman.
The middleman, who only wanted to be known as Lee, said the oil he collected from hotels and restaurants here was used in animal feed.
“It is too expensive to recycle oil into biodiesel.
“It does not make economic sense,” he said, adding that he usually collected the used oil upon receiving orders from his “clients” via phone calls.
When asked if he knew of people who recycle the used oil for human consumption, he declined to comment.
“I do not do it, but others may be doing it,” he said.
*Full story in The Star today
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