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Peterborough gets renewables cooking

16 July 2008

Peterborough has launched a scheme that will see waste cooking oil used to generate electricity.

The scheme, involving Cambridgeshire council, Living Fuels, Anglian Water and Donarbon Waste Management, will see residents take their waste oil to a series of collection points in the area.

It will then be recycled and converted into LF100, which, according to Living Fuels, can be used to generate electricity.

Managing director of Living Fuels Adrian Venni commented on the scheme saying: "Throwing away used cooking oil clogs up drains and sewers and it contains unused energy, which we cannot afford to waste.

"This initiative solves both problems at a stroke."

Peterborough's efforts follow those of Norfolk and Suffolk, where the scheme has already been launched.

Norfolk was the first city to adopt the initiative, while Suffolk began recycling oil in March this year.