At present, 45 000 tpy of used cooking oil are collected in France, out of an estimated total of more than 100 000 t. French oil and gas company Total is transforming its La Mède site into the country's first biorefinery, where it will produce high-quality biodiesel made from residual oil, vegetable oil and cooking oil. The project has been approved by France's environment ministry but faces a number of hurdles before being completed. Currently around 45,000 tonnes of cooking oil is collected in France annually.
French oil and gas company Total is transforming its La Mède site into the country's first biorefinery, where it will produce high-quality biodiesel made from residual oil, vegetable oil and cooking oil. The project has been approved by France's environment ministry but faces a number of hurdles before being completed. Currently around 45,000 tonnes of cooking oil is collected in France annually.