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Council approves pilot to capture restaurant brown grease, authorizes expansion up to 75 sites
Summary
The committee approved $200,000 to launch a pilot to capture “brown grease” from up to 20 restaurants for conversion to renewable diesel, and authorized up to $250,000 more to expand installations to as many as 75 food-service establishments.
The Government Efficiency, Innovation and Audits Committee on April 21 approved $200,000 to launch a Bureau of Sanitation “Fork to Fuel” pilot to collect contaminated kitchen grease (so-called “brown grease”) from restaurants and test its suitability as a renewable-diesel feedstock, and authorized up to $250,000 in additional funding to expand installations to a total of up to 75 food-service establishments (FSEs).
The pilot will cover planning, selection and installation of automatic grease-removal devices under sinks at up to 20 participating restaurants, plus outreach, inspections and initial collection and testing. The committee added an instruction allowing the Bureau of Sanitation to expend up to $250,000 more to expand the number of FSE installations if the department secures buyers for the feedstock and can demonstrate the project can scale.
Why it matters: grease that now often enters sewer infrastructure can cause blockages and require…
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