WVO Program

Physical Address 1000 Tucker Rd. Perry, GA 31069 Mailing Address 1211 Washington St. P.O. Box 2030 Perry, GA 31069 Bob Taylor Phone: 478-988-2882 Fax: 478-988-2799 public.works@perry-ga.gov	City of Perry WVO Program Waste Vegetable Oil as an Alternative Fuel The Dish on Grease Recycling

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

BIOFUEL PROGRAM OVERVIEW

Perry’s WVO Program is a citywide effort by the City of Perry to create a waste vegetable oil (WVO) recovery program that diverts Fats, Oils & Grease (FOG) out of the trash, away from the sewer and eventually into the City’s diesel powered fleet.

To make this happen, the Perry Public Works Department has established a Waste Oil Station located at the Perry Vehicle and Fleet Maintenance Facility at 1000 Tucker Road to handle all waste vegetable oil material from commercial establishments and residents in the City. This waste oil will be screened, filtered and processed to be used as fuel for the City’s diesel powered equipment (tractors, mowers etc.), turning trash into fuel.

The Perry WVO Program has three important objectives:

1. Converts the problematic FOG in sewers into an alternative fuel for City fleet
2. Provides businesses and residents with a cheaper, cleaner FOG disposal option
3. Empowers Perry to be a greener and more energy independent community

Not to mention the financial and environmental benefits.

How it works for Food Service and Other Commercial Establishments

1. Perry’s WVO staff collects oil from the business
2. WVO station receives oil
3. The WVO is filtered, transferred into a multi-storage tank settling system, then decanted (3 days)
4. Designed to be a clean environmentally friendly operation for maximum volume

How it works for City residents

1. Dispose of “just a little bit” in your household trash.
2. Collect larger amounts in a jar or can and save it for drop-off at the Vehicle and Fleet Maintenance Facility located at 1000 Tucker Rd.

Know your veggie oil from your grease

What is vegetable oil? Vegetable oil is usually the cooking oil you purchase at a retail store. It’s a domestically produced renewable resource, and can be made from a variety of seeds and plants such as soybean, corn, canola, and sunflower, to name the most common. It’s used in large quantities by many restaurants for cooking, and when used to fry food, much of it can be recovered and reused to make other products such as fuel for vehicles.

What’s the difference between high and low quality used cooking oils and compost?Vegetable oil is used for cooking and frying. It’s liquid at room temperature and can be many shades from a light yellow to a dark brown. High quality used vegetable oil is a clear liquid, light in color with no water or particles; it is the kind that can be most easily used to make bio diesel. Low quality used cooking oil refers to lower grade lipids including animal fats and pan grease. This product is often dark brown in color and highly contaminated with food particles. It’s very difficult to recycle for bio diesel production, but can be turned into other industrial bio-fuels. Compost in this context means food scraps. Griddle scrapings, breading, and other food particles are often mixed with cooking oil. They should be strained and separated from the oil and disposed of with the rest of the compostable materials.

What about shortening and lard?Shortening is another term for partially hydrogenated oil, which contains trans fats. We strongly recommend against the use of partially hydrogenated oil. Lard is animal fat. Both are not ideal for bio fuel collection because they solidify (harden) at room temperature, requiring special fittings and expensive modifications to existing collection equipment. They cannot be recycled at the residential drop-off site.

What is bio diesel?Bio diesel is the name of a clean-burning alternative to diesel fuel, which can be produced from vegetable oil. Bio diesel contains no petroleum, but can be blended at any level with petroleum diesel to create a bio diesel blend. It can be used in compression-ignition (diesel) engines with little or no modifications. Bio diesel is simple to use, biodegradable, nontoxic, and essentially free of sulfur and aromatics.

FREE Restaurant and Food Service Establishment Pickup Service
SAVE YOUR MONEY by SAVING OUR SEWERS

The Waste Vegetable Oil Program has a new, restaurant-friendly, FREE bio fuel pickup program to keep fats, oils and grease (FOG) out of Perry sewers.

FOG can cause serious blockages in the sewer, which may interrupt your business and cost taxpayers—like you—thousands of dollars every year to unclog.

We have a better idea; We’ll collect all your waste vegetable oil for free and turn it into bio diesel, a cleaner burning diesel fuel, to run diesel powered City vehicles and equipment.

Here’s how you’ll save

• You can stop paying for or reduce collection service cost
• We’ll pick up all your waste vegetable oil for FREE
• Fewer sewer main repair problems disrupting your business

We suit YOUR schedule:

We will schedule oil collection to suit your storage needs and we ensure consistent quality service.

Please keep water, kitchen scraps, and other solid waste out of the oil.

Kudos to participating businesses and citizens

We would like to applaud the restaurants, companies and residents who are leading the way in the Perry WVO Program for your early participation and commitment to help making Perry a clean, energy-independent and flavorful city.

Kitchen Collection Easy How-to

1. Cool down the used cooking oil in your pan or fryer
2. Pour the used oil into a clean container with a tight lid. Consider reusing old containers, such as coffee cans
3. Please make sure all food scraps are strained off. All food debris should be separated from your waste oil and disposed of in your household trash
4. After you fill your container you can drop it off for FREE at the Perry Vehicle and Fleet Maintenance facility located at 1000 Tucker Rd. anytime Monday - Friday from 7:00am - 4:00pm our personnel can be reached at 478-988-2882

Tips when making a drop-off

Before you drive to make a WVO drop-off, consider these following pointers:

• Make sure your used cooking oil container has no leaks
• Use containers that are preferably non-breakable and oil resistant for storing and transporting,so they will not be compromised and cause accidental leakage
• Double-check that the lids are securely fastened before moving or transporting
• Please make sure your used cooking oil is free from water, soapsuds, food debris and other scraps

IMPORTANT: Please keep these materials separate from your waste cooking oil

NO water. Water and oil do not mix. To prevent water contamination, please don’t store used oil in open containers and keep the lid tightly closed

NO hazardous materials. If there’s any amount of hazardous material mixed with the cooking oil, it’s considered contaminated and cannot be used

NO motor oil

"We would like to thank you in advance for spending your time reading about our program and discovering how your community and the City of Perry are partnering together and doing its part by creating a greener environment and a cleaner tomorrow. We look forward to seeing you soon."