Japan Airlines starts collection of used cooking oil for SAF

In Japan, Japan Airlines (JAL) said it is participating in the “FRY to FLY Project”, which aims to realize a decarbonized society through domestic resource recycling, and is promoting initiatives for the production of SAF by utilizing used cooking oil as its feedstock. JAL has signed a partnership agreement with Yokohama City, a participant in the project, to establish and implement a system for collecting used cooking oil from households for its utilization as SAF feedstock. Starting from March 2024, efforts to collect used cooking oil from households in Yokohama City will be initiated at AEON Food Style Kamoi store operated by Daiei. While used cooking oil is expected to be the primary feedstock of SAF for this plant and future plants, a large amount of household used cooking oil is being disposed of without being utilized. JAL said it aims to promote the spread of collection systems for these unused resources from households and plans to expand this initiative from Yokohama City to other regions nationwide. For the initial phase of this initiative, the establishment of a collection system at AEON Food Style Kamoi store will commence, said JAL.

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