Jul 30th, 2008 by RJ Menezes
The Philippine police force are about to try out the idea of running their police cruisers partly on used cooking oil from McDonald’s restaurants. The oil is used to cook french-fries and the restaurant’s famous chicken McNuggets.
The 60 percent diesel/40 percent French-fry-oil blend could become a standard fuel for the police fleet if it proves to be effective. It already a great source for saving money.
The Makati Police Department are the first to try this new fuel. Their PNP-Bio Diesel Program will save the force about $22 per fill-up at current fuel prices, or the equivalent of more than $11,000 a year when spread among 10 patrol cars. That might not seem like much but thats serious money in the Philippines.
The police chief, Gilbert Cruz, and Professor Roel Judilla of the Mapua Institute of Technology co-developed the project. The process filters the cooking oil and cools it before blending it with regular diesel fuel. And it’s not just French-fry oil either. Though McDonalds was the first donor, ultimately the plan is to have oil coming in from a range of fast-food restaurants around the city.
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