Cambridgeshire residents do their bit for a greener future - 28 January 2009

Cambridgeshire residents have recycled a massive 15,000 litres of used cooking oil since the County Council installed banks at all its recycling centres just six months ago.

The waste cooking oil is recycled by Living Fuels - part of the British group Renewable Energy Generation - to produce a green fuel to power electricity generators which feed into the National Grid.

Cllr Sir Peter Brown, Cambridgeshire County Councillor for Economy, Environment and Climate Change, who…

How to turn a New Year's resolution into clean electricity - 16 January 2009

Residents in Ealing are being encouraged to add a new 'recycling' resolution to this year's list and help reduce pollution, keep sewers clean and power factories with 'green' electricity.

You may think you have the recycling business all covered in your household, with paper, card, plastic, glass and tins all making their way through the various waste streams.

But what about used cooking oil?

Just one litre (that's about 1/3rd of what you'd find in…

BEXLEY'S RECYCLING ENOUGH COOKING OIL TO POWER THREE HOMES FOR A YEAR - 07 January 2009

After just three months of offering a used cooking oil recycling service, the London Borough of Bexley has collected enough cooking oil to power three average homes for a whole year.

Residents in Bexley have recycled 3,500 litres of used cooking oil at the Council's Footscray and Crayford Reuse and Recycling Centres, since facilities were installed last September.

The cooking oil collection tanks, which can hold 1,000 litres of oil, were installed by Living Fuels…