Carolina Biodiesel LLC1410 Cross St, Durham, North Carolina, United States

Biodiesel is a fuel used for cars, buses, trucks, and other vehicles, and sometimes for heating oil. Its a replacement for the petroleum-based diesel fuel thats commonly in use now.  It can be made from vegetable or even animal oils, sometimes from used restaurant frying oil, sometimes from canola oil or other plant oils.  It can be used in most vehicle diesel engines with only minor, if any, modifications to the engines.

Whats so great about biodiesel?

• clean burning - Biodiesel yields significantly less carbon monoxide, hydrocarbons, particulates, sulfate than petroleum diesel. It can yield slightly more nitrogen oxide, but research is addressing this.
• truly renewable - Biodiesel is made from a variety of plant oils, greases, and even leftover restaurant oil.
  can be produced domestically and locally - The oil needed to make biodiesel can be grown in the United States, or anywhere theres arable land.
• safer to have around - Not only is biodiesel non-toxic, its not very flammable at storage temperatures. Its also biodegradable, so spills dont pose a threat to water and soil resources.
• good for engines - Biodiesel has greater lubricity than regular diesel fuel, which reduces wear on engine parts. It also acts as a solvent in engines, reducing build-up.

Eco-Coaching

   We believe in service. Our world is in crisis, and we need to shift our economies to sustainable energy quickly. Were willing and able to help other biofuels businesses get off the ground.  Having been in the biodiesel industry since 2004, and with over twenty years in the environmental business community, we have the experience that can help you.

Grease Collection

  Any restaurant or food service company that uses a fryer will produce used oil. We need your waste oil! We will put a fryer oil collection container at your location; then, as your exclusive collector, we will happily come and remove the waste oil.

Why donate your oil?

Reduce cost -- rather than you paying to have the oil removed, The Forest Foundation (TFF) will provide end-of-year, tax deduction forms for your records for the full value of the oil; Be a supporter of a local, decentralized energy and sustainable community project. TFF will provide a window sign and brochures detailing this project and your support of it; Using waste oil for local fuel is better than paying a renderer to sell it into the animal feed industry, particularly given the problem of prions and mad-cow disease infecting foods; Use higher quality oils, which TFF can supply along with their pick-up service, can improve the taste of your foods and the health of your customers, while also providing a higher-value oil for producing fuel. After the oil is donated to TFF, we purchase it and turn it into biodiesel fuel for local consumption. TFF can also arrange to have your trap grease removed - please ask if youd like more information about this. The information on this page applies to fryer oil only.

What you need to do

Call The Forest Foundation (919-957-1500) to talk about your needs. Theyll set up an appointment for us (or our contractor: Purestream, LLC) to pick up the first batch of oil (from whatever container youre using), leave a collection container. Theyll also ask you about the type and quantity of oil youll have in order to prepare a contract for you.  In addition to the oil container, well provide some information on good ways to let people know that youre supporting environmental projects and local, sustainable energy production by donating your oil.  Once we have the oil, well test it to determine its quality and to let us know how much processing well have to do before it can be made into biodiesel.