So, you are skeptical > Or maybe you just want verification of what of have heard?
Below you can download a Public Document called: (.pdf format)
An Assessment of the Restaurant
Grease Collection and Rendering
Industry in South Carolina
This is very interesting reading!
Not only does this report tell you all about the different types of grease, it clearly defines them, where they go and which ones go where, who picks them up, and how the renderer's obtain them among other things.
The document was Prepared for:
Southeastern Regional Biomass Energy Program
Administered for
the United States
Department of Energy
by the
Southern States Energy Board
6325 Amherst Court
Norcross, GA 30092
Under Contract No. SEBSRP-SSEB-2005-SC1-SCEO-002
December 1, 2006
A FEW EXCERPTS:
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Recycled grease products are sometimes referred to as waste grease, byproduct grease, recycled grease or animal fats. These greases are generally low in cost, well adapted to certain industrial markets and widely used in livestock feed or pet food markets. Greases are generally placed into one of three categories:
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For years collectors have collected and hauled off waste grease from restaurants and transported it to rendering plants. Yellow grease is often sold to livestock feed and pet food manufacturers. All of the six collectors who completed the survey answered that they sell 100 percent of their restaurant grease to the feed industry. Currently, processed restaurant grease sells for approximately 12¢ per pound, but can climb to 15¢ per pound in the winter because of the increased demand for feed to keep the livestock warm.
