After delivering ambient, fresh and frozen produce to its pubs, Wetherspoon’s vehicles will take back used cooking oil to its Daventry logistics centre for recycling.
Under the deal, Brocklesby will then collect the liquids from Wetherspoon’s Daventry site in its fleet of articulated tankers for processing into a ‘refined’ oil, which will then be used as prime stock for the UK’s biodiesel industry “as well as other technical applications”.
Bocklesby recycles the used cooking oil, edible fats and high-fat-content food at its 10-acre national treatment centre in North Cave, East Yorkshire, which has a bulk storage capacity of 3,000 metric tonnes.
The companies did not wish to disclose the length and value of the contract, nor the amount of used cooking oil involved.
Owner of the firm, Rob Brocklesby, said: “We are immensely proud to be working alongside J D Wetherspoon and its logistics partner to support their commitment to sustainability and demonstrate our environmental engineering capabilities through our uniquely designed plant and process.”
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According to Brocklesby, oil that is not recovered properly can cause environmental problems such as water pollution, sewer blockages and flooding.
Mr Borcklesby added: “Increasing recycling and lowering carbon footprint whilst reducing costs are a priority for forward thinking organisations and we are working with leading businesses in the hospitality and catering industries, food manufacturing and food retail industries to help them achieve their environmental goals.”
Brocklesby recycles used cooking oil from a large number of food manufacturers and retailers in the UK and Ireland. The firm also procures bio-diesel soap stock and allied products which they manufacture into fatty acids for technical use.
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