Waste Oil Recycling

The food processing industry, across the globe, and this includes Australia, creates a large amount of waste oils and greases, and 32% of these are food by-products. Their disposal or mismanagement can lead to water pollution, soil pollution, and emission of greenhouse gasses, all posing a threat to the environment. We, as a biotech company focused on environmental sustainability, deal with transforming waste into high value products using advanced techniques in Waste Oil Recycling. We leverage wastes to reduce environmental damage, which additionally leads to creating economic profits. This document describes in detail our holistic strategy, solutions, along with their technological and environmental impacts in the food processing industry.

Fig 1. Recycling and processing of waste oil (Gong Y., 2024)

Our waste oil recycling services are directed towards the retrieval, treatment, and transformation of waste fats, oils, and greases accruing from food industry manufacturing units, restaurants, and allied sectors. We apply modern biotechnology and chemical engineering principles to convert waste into biofuels, biolubricants, oleochemicals and other enhanced products. We ensure through the services that environmental policies are legally adhered to while achieving positive financial impacts from cost reduction and increased business sustainability.

Technical Principles

The pivotal technique that we use is based on the most modern catalytic conversion along with enzymatic refinement accumulative methods. Some important principles adopted are:

• Transesterification: This is the transformation of waste oils triglycerides to biodiesel and glycerol through reaction with alcohol (methanol) in controllable reaction conditions.
• Hydrotreatment - industrial applications: removing impurities such as free fatty acids and moisture to produce high-purity hydrocarbons.
• Enzymatic Hydrolysis - cosmetics and pharmaceuticals: Using lipases to hydrolyze complex lipids into fatty acids and glycerol which are precursors of cosmetics and pharmaceuticals.

• Thermal Cracking - fuels: Long chain hydrocarbons are reduced into shorter chained hydrocarbons by high temperatures and low oxidizing environments.

These processes are tailored to withstand the broad range of feedstock qualities that are characteristic of food industry waste.

Technology Features

• High Conversion Efficiency: >95% yield on biodiesel production and oleochemical concentration >90%,
• Closed-loop system: Integrated recovery modules mitigate water/energy consumption.
• Feedstock Flexibility: Various FOGs including residues of palm oil, animal fats and fried oils.
• Low carbon footprint: Energy recovery systems yield net CO2 emissions lowered by 40% compared to traditional approaches.
• Modular design: Scalable infrastructure allows featuring facilities of any footprint.

Technical Categories

• Primary processing - Filtration, degumming, and acid extraction for stabilization of the raw waste oils.
• Secondary conversion - Enabling core catalytic/enzymatic processes to form intermediate products.
• Tertiary refinement - Bleaching, deodorization, and distillation, above specified end-users criteria such as biodiesel D6751.

Application Areas

Repurposed products are applicable in a range of industries:

• Energy: Diesel (B100/B20 blends), bio-diesel, and solid biofuels.
• Biolubricants, surfactants and plasticizers for Renewable Manufacturing.
• Organic Feed additives and fertilizers for Agriculture.
• Emollients for Gowers: glycerinalkyl fatty alcohol.
• Pharmaceuticals: Coatings for capsules and USP-grade glycerol.

Environmental Benefits

• Pollution Prevention: Diverts a ton of waste oil from landfills, averting the emission of 3.5 tons of CO2-equivalent pollutants.
• Resource Conservation: A reprocessed liter avoids the use of 5,000 liters of freshwater for oil production.
• Biodiversity Protection: Prevents potential oil spillage that may cause eutrophication of water ecosystems.
• Circular Economy: A combined 92% recovery of energy is achieved through utilization of byproducts, such as biogas from sludge.

Our Services

We provide full-cycle solutions:

• On-Site Collection: Certified containers are used by licensed logistical FOGs transporters.
• Analytical Testing: FTIR, GC-MS, and titrative analytical methods to determine the quality of the feedstock and its compatibility with the processes.
• Custom Tailored Processing: Specialized batch or continuous systems are designed for client volumes ranging from 50 tons to 5,000 tons a month.
• Specialized products development: Bio-solvents and other specialty bio-based chemicals are manufactured with intelligence from clients' wastes.

• Data Reporting: Monitoring for accountability with features for traceability through IoT devices for ESG reporting.

Company Service Advantages

• Proprietary Catalysts: Nano-engineered solid acids enable 30% faster reaction kinetics than commercial alternatives.
• Zero-Waste Operations: All byproducts (e.g., glycerol, sludge) are monetized through partnerships.
• R&D Collaboration: Joint ventures with academic institutes for continuous process innovation.

Contact Us

As pioneers in waste oil valorization, we bridge the gap between environmental stewardship and industrial productivity. Our technology-driven services empower food processors to transform liability streams into profit centers while achieving net-zero targets. By choosing our waste oil recycling solutions, clients gain a strategic partner committed to scientific excellence, regulatory rigor, and measurable ecological impact. Together, we can redefine waste management paradigms and accelerate the transition toward a circular bioeconomy. Please contact us with our team for more information.

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Our products and services are for research use only and cannot be used for any clinical purposes.