article_snippet: China has seen the first successful flight of a commercial airplane powered by what's probably China's biggest threat to food safety - waste cooking oil.
article_snippet: But the fact that the new fuel was developed from waste cooking oil - which is in all too plentiful supply in China, leading to many problems with blocked drains and sewers - has prompted excitement in China.
article_snippet: Apart from the environmental concerns surrounding the dumping of cooking oil, there is also widespread concern about how much of it ends up on dining tables around China after unscrupulous dealers remove it from drains and sell it back to retailers.
article_snippet: On the other hand, Lu Dapeng, spokesman of China Sinopec could help with altering the route of catering waste oil and help stop the danger of Lu Dapeng, spokesman of China Sinopec from ending up on the dinner table.'
article_snippet: The illegal recycling of waste cooking oil is a constant headache for the Chinese authorities .
article_snippet: Produced by Sinopec, China's state-owned oil and gas company, this particular biofuel uses restaurant waste cooking oil, often known as the 'gutter oil' in China, as the raw material.
article_snippet: The cooking oil is then blended at a one-to-one ratio with ordinary jet fuel to create the finished product.
article_snippet: Animal fat is the reason why waste cooking oil can be turned into biofuel.
article_snippet: Waste cooking oil is often collected by underground dealers in China.
article_snippet: Waste cooking oil's then reprocessed in rudimentary means and will return to millions of dining tables.
highlights_snippet: Waste cooking oil is used as the raw material to mix with normal jet fuel .
  
highlights_snippet: Waste oil is major health problem in China as Waste oil is collected from gutters and sold back to restaurants .