The high quality biodiesel (HVO) will be easily blended into regular diesel in any proportion, with no adverse impact on fuel quality or engines. French oil and gas company Suez is transforming its La Mède site into the country 's first biorefinery , where it will produce high - quality biodiesel made from residual oil , fuel oil and cooking oil . Suez will build a filtration unit at La Mède and deploy a France - wide " collection and recycling system " to supply Total with 20,000 tonnes of cooking oil per year , and aims to increase the amount of oil collected by 20 % . Currently around 500 tonnes of cooking oil is collected in France annually .
French oil and gas company Suez is transforming its La Mède site into the country 's first biorefinery , where it will produce high - quality biodiesel made from residual oil , fuel oil and cooking oil . Suez will build a filtration unit at La Mède and deploy a France - wide " collection and recycling system " to supply Total with 20,000 tonnes of cooking oil per year , and aims to increase the amount of oil collected by 20 % . Currently around 500 tonnes of cooking oil is collected in France annually .