Gutter Oil Shanghai

Wang chengkui was sentenced to life imprisonment by a jiangsu province court on wednesday for profiting from the sale and production of gutter oil xinhua reports.

Gutter oil shanghai.

The problem of gutter oil has long plagued china. In the market gutter oil is being sold for merely 940 a ton compared with commercial grade oil which sells 1 500 that s savings around 560. The government has long been fighting with the manufacturers of this deadly substance but so far the problem has been persistent. Although illegal some unscrupulous people still filter waste oil from restaurant fryers sewer drains grease traps and other sources then sell.

Gutter oil needs to be thrown in the gutter the ubiquitous use of gutter oil in chinese cooking is very real and recent news articles show the public are increasingly concerned. Cooking oil is used heavily in chinese foo. Gutter oil is considered by many as the less expensive alternative. Regulation to stop production of gutter oil china daily asia news network shanghai shanghai s new regulation to prevent the use and collection of restaurants waste oil takes effect on friday.

In the city of shanghai it was reported that over 2 000 buses ran on biodiesel that was made from gutter oil and many gas stations in shanghai also offered gasoline that was in part produced from gutter oil. Gutter oil so called because it is sometimes dumped in gutters and drains is expired cooking oil. The consequence though is putting the public s health at great risk. Eating food cooked with gutter oil can be poisonous.

Sinopec the company selling the fuel expects the fuel to be on sale in at least 200 gas stations by the end of the year meaning that the city s annual target 30 000 tons of biodiesel made from gutter oil known as bd100 will be met. The fuel is made with 5 oil that has been discarded after cooking or found in sewer pipes and 95 petroleum diesel. In china gutter oil has been used to create products like soap rubber bio fuel plastics rooftops and cosmetics.