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The intent is to use waste oil, so, the oil remaining after shits been cooked in it. Usually this is referred to as WVO (waste vegetable oil).

Similar to how people process WVO from fish and chip shops into biodiesel for vehicles by reacting it with methanol and potassium hydroxide after some cleanup steps.

At the moment disposing of WVO is costly and wasteful.




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