Hartlepool residents have been praised this week, for creating enough carbon neutral electricity to make over one hundred and twenty thousand cups of tea – more than one cup of tea for each resident - all by recycling their used cooking oil. Each year it costs UK water companies an average of...
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It may not seem like the most likely way to produce green energy, but Birmingham residents have been praised for creating enough renewable electricity to make over 2.5 million cups of tea, all by recycling their used cooking oil. So far the amount of oil collected from Birmingham City equates...
Nottinghamshire residents have been praised this week, for creating enough carbon neutral electricity to make over one and a half million cups of tea, all by recycling their used cooking oil. In fact, the scheme, which sees used cooking oil recovered into green electricity, has proven so...
Residents of Walsall are being praised this week for helping to create enough clean, green electricity to make almost one million cups of tea, all by recycling their used cooking oil. Walsall Council, in partnership with May Gurney and renewable energy company Living Fuels first placed used...
Barking and Dagenham residents have been praised for their efforts towards a recycling scheme which sees carbon neutral electricity produced from used cooking oil. A used cooking oil recycling tank has been in situ at the Frizlands Lane household waste recycling centre for four years, and in...
Residents throughout Gloucestershire are being praised this week, for helping to create enough clean, green, carbon neutral electricity to power 16 homes for a year each – all by recycling their used cooking oil. The scheme, implemented by Gloucester County Council in partnership with waste...
HMP Bullwood Hall is taking its dedication to the environment very seriously, with a whole host of new ideas to help reduce their carbon dependency. However one scheme will not only focus on saving the environment, but will benefit a local children’s charity as well. The scheme sees used...
A new scheme which sees used cooking oil recycled and then recovered into carbon-neutral electricity has been introduced at recycling centres across Devon. Local residents are encouraged to deposit their used cooking oil in the collection tanks now in place at the 17 household waste recycling...
East Sussex residents have been praised this week, for embracing a pioneering way to reduce the country’s dependence on fossil fuels and upping their green energy quota – all by recycling used cooking oil. Implemented by East Sussex County Council and Brighton & Hove City Council, in...
Vale residents have been praised for turning their waste cooking oil into clean, green energy. In just one year, Vale Glamorgan residents produce enough energy to make 80,000 cups of tea from recycling their used cooking oil. One full tank of used cooking oil is enough to power a UK home...
South Gloucestershire residents are being urged to recycle their cooking oil at local Sort It!* centres and help power the National Grid. South Gloucestershire Council, in partnership with its recycling contractor SITA UK and eco-firm Living Fuels, introduced the tanks to get rid of used...
People in North Lincolnshire are recycling their old cooking oil to help power the National Grid. A scheme implemented by North Lincolnshire Council in partnership with SITA Waste Management and renewable energy company Living Fuels transforms old cooking oil into a fuel for specially designed...
Stoke-on-Trent residents are being encouraged to help provide electricity for UK businesses and homes, all by recycling their used cooking oil. A recent YouGov poll* saw that disposal down the drain is still the UK’s preferred method of disposing of used cooking oil. Each year an estimated...
Yorkshire residents have been praised by eco-firm Living Fuels this week, for helping to generate green electricity to make over 10 million cups of tea, all by recycling their used cooking oil. Waste cooking oil is traditionally a difficult waste to dispose of, with a recent poll of homeowners...
Here at Living Fuels, we just love to get up early on a Sunday morning - or at least that’s what Operations Director Rob, and Customer Services Officer Louise together with their three children Jack, 11 Tommie 10 and Lewie 7 - told themselves, after giving last Sunday up for a good cause. The...
When you think about fundraising for charity, your thoughts don’t immediately turn to the kitchen. However, HMP Bure, in partnership with Norfolk based eco-firm Living Fuels, has cooked up a great way to help - by collecting used cooking oil from their kitchen and turning it into cash for...
Living Fuels is pleased to announce the extension of parent company, REG BioPower’s Short Term Operating Reserve (STOR) contract with National Grid. The STOR contract, which will now run until April 2014, allows National Grid to source reserve power in pre specified seasonal time periods to...
Buckinghamshire residents have helped to recycle over 28,000 litres of used cooking oil since 2009 at the county’s 10 household waste recycling centres, which when converted into electricity is enough to make nearly 7 million cups of tea. Buckinghamshire County Council teamed up with Living...
Somerset’s cooking oil is to power the National Grid, with each litre recovered through the county’s recycling sites generating enough electricity to make 240 cups of tea. After a successful introduction at four locations, Somerset Waste Partnership (SWP) and its recycling sites contractor,...
When you think about fundraising for charity, your thoughts don’t immediately turn to the kitchen. However, HMP Birmingham, in partnership with eco-firm Living Fuels, has done just that, by collecting used cooking oil from their kitchen and turning it into cash for charity. In fact, HMP...
Suffolk residents have been praised by eco-firm Living Fuels this week, for helping to generate green electricity to make over 10 million cups of tea, all by recycling their used cooking oil. Waste cooking oil is traditionally a difficult waste to dispose of, with a recent poll of homeowners...
Surrey residents are being encouraged to recycle their used cooking oil so their fry-ups can help feed the national grid. Recycling the material will help reduce the £15m annual cost to the UK of repairing sewers and drains , while reducing the county’s dependency on fossil fuels. Surrey...
Living Fuels is delighted to be featured in Earth 911’s ‘Top 25 Alternative Energy Moves of 2011’. The list recognises ‘history-making milestones’ in the renewables sector throughout 2011 and places Living Fuels at number 9, thanks to its work with Merseyside Waste Disposal Authority. Other...
Renewable energy company Living Fuels and Kent County Council are urging people to make their festive waste environmentally friendly by recycling leftover cooking oil after Christmas. The cooking oil from roasts, chips and fry-ups is turned into a green bioliquid by Living Fuels, which is...
People are helping to power the National Grid with used cooking oil as part of a bid to reduce Brighton, Hove and East Sussex’s dependence on fossil fuels. East Sussex County Council and Brighton and Hove City Council in partnership with Veolia Environmental Services and green energy company...
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