Philippines’ city to begin biodiesel fuel trial following production facility launch

In the Philippines, following the launch of the used cooking oil biodiesel production facility in Davao City, the local authorities have a launched a three-month trial to test biodiesel impacts on 30 jeepneys. During the production trial held using the new equipment supplied by the Japan International Cooperation Agency, biodiesel was produced from 250,000 liters of collected UCO at half the price of fossil diesel. So far around 80 organizations are currently collecting UCO but there are thousands of them in the city would could participate if collection was ramped up.