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Committee funds grease-to-energy pilot, authorizes expansion up to $450,000
Summary
The committee approved $200,000 to launch a pilot collecting "brown grease" from restaurants for conversion to renewable fuel, and authorized up to an additional $250,000 to expand installations if the pilot demonstrates scale potential.
The Innovation and Performance committee approved a $200,000 appropriation to launch the "Four to Field" grease recovery pilot and authorized up to $250,000 additional for geographic expansion if warranted.
Karina Afwork, identified in the record as an environmental engineer in the city—s waste management division, presented the pilot plan and said it would begin with up to 20 restaurants to test automated grease-removal devices intended to capture high-quality brown grease that could be converted into biofuels. Afwork said the pilot will compare passive grease…
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