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Advait to turn KFC’s used cooking oil to biodiesel

Plantations International News Cookies are required to use this site. Please turn them on! This website requires javascript to be enabled. September 17, 2015 Advait, a newly established biofuel company, has signed a contract with Yum! Restaurants India, which operates KFC Taco Bell and Pizza Hut in the country, to collect used cooking oil (UCO) from KFC in the Andhra and Telangana region. Advait will convert the collected product into biodiesel or export it to Europe for biodiesel processing. The company is one of the major (UCO) collectors in India and currently collects oil from four South Indian states, and it [...]

Used cooking oil from KFCs in India to be converted to biodiesel

Plantations International News Yum! Restaurants India Pvt Ltd., which operates KFC, Taco Bell and Pizza Hut in India, has signed an agreement with Advait to collect its used cooking oil (UCO) from KFC in the Andhra and Telangana regions. Yum! is aggressively expanding its presence in India. Advait, the only UCO collector in India certified by the International Sustainability and Carbon Certification, will convert the UCO into biodiesel or export the feedstock for biodiesel processing in Europe. Advait currently collects UCO in four South Indian states. Advait aims to start collecting UCO throughout India with more than 15 collection yards in [...]