Sep 28, 2009 06:00 ET
BioFuelBox Deploys World’s First Waste-FOG-to-Fuel Plant
Announces Selection by AlwaysOn as a GoingGreen 100 Category Winner
SAN JOSE, Calif. --(Business Wire)-- Sep 28, 2009
BioFuelBox Inc., a leader in waste-to-fuel solutions, announces the
world’s first fully scaled refinery for converting waste fat, oil and
grease (FOG) from wastewater into a clean-burning renewable fuel. The
company’s first plant, located in Idaho, is processing waste FOG from
trap grease and is producing a premium, low sulfur, ASTM compliant
biodiesel for on-road use.
“The US discards more than 4 billion gallons of grease through
wastewater treatment systems every year that could be transformed into
fuel,” stated Steven Perricone, BioFuelBox’s CEO. “Our patented
NovoStream™ process provides the most environmentally friendly solution
for remediating watery waste greases like trap grease, wastewater scum,
industrial food processing DAF, and other wastewater FOG sources.”
Local governments spend more than $25 billion a year maintaining sewer
systems, in large part due to grease clogs that cause sanitary sewer
overflows. This sewer-fat crisis is causing municipalities across the
country to establish and toughen wastewater FOG ordinances. State and
federal laws are also becoming stricter making it more costly for
industrial and municipal wastewater treatment facilities to dispose of
grease removed from wastewater streams as typical disposal methods such
as land application, land filling and incineration are huge contributors
to the world’s greenhouse gas (GHG) problem. The NovoStream process was
designed to help reduce these problems and eliminate a significant
source of GHG. Moreover, BioFuelBox’s biodiesel is clean-burning with an
85% reduction in GHG emissions compared to petroleum-based diesel.
Concurrently, BioFuelBox was awarded top honors by AlwaysOn in the
Resource Recovery and Waste Management Category. Every year, AlwaysOn
selects the most promising cleantech companies in several categories.
BioFuelBox was recognized for its turnkey system, which generates energy
from waste by processing and extracting value from wastewater streams.
About BioFuelBox
BioFuelBox is a waste remediation company focused on converting waste
fats, oils and greases into ASTM quality biodiesel by means of modular
bio-refineries that are resource efficient, flexible and scalable. These
modular bio-refineries can be rapidly deployed and co-located wastewater
and waste grease processing facilities, allowing companies and
communities to convert waste streams such as brown grease, trap grease
and waste water sludge into biofuels that are not only beneficial to the
environment but also help towards achieving energy self-reliance from
petroleum-based fuels. For more information, please visit www.biofuelbox.com
or call 888-FUELBOX.
BioFuelBox Inc.
Richard Reddy, 408-225-9991 ext. 717
Vice
President of Marketing
rreddy@biofuelbox.com