If you are interested in running your car on pure Biofuel or are looking at setting up your own Biodiesel processor, you will be in need of raw materials. The main raw material for Biodiesel is vegetable oil. It would be possible to purchase the necessary new vegetable oil you would need, but that would also make Biodiesel less economical in the long or short run.
Most users and producers of their own Biodiesel try and setup relationships with restaurants, delis, or convenient stores to get their used cooking oil. Used cooking oil cannot be used for fuel until it has been cleaned. This means filtering and separating the impurities from the oil as part of the processing process. This is a win-win situation for the business getting rid of the oil as well as the person receiving it. Most states regulations state that a business must dispose of cooking oil in a separate waste unit. They also have to pay for this to be emptied or taken away. You can alleviate a business's expense by taking it for free and at the same time drastically reduce your cost for raw materials for the making of your Biofuel.
When is the time to setup this relationship with a local business? The time is now. If Biofuel does take off as a well used and accepted form of fuel, soon it would not be out of the question for these opportunities for free raw materials to be gone. With increased use of Biofuel comes more competition for the used cooking oil. Other users could beat you to the source, a larger processing company could contract to take the oil away, or the business (seeing the added demand) could start charging for the used cooking oil. The lesson today is strike while the iron is hot.
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