SUBANG JAYA, 2009/08/27: To eliminate pollution in drains due to the disposal of used cooking oil from restaurants, the Subang Jaya Municipal Council is embarking on a six-month pilot project to collect the liquid for recycling purposes.
Council president Datuk Adnan Md Ikshan said the pilot project would involve 200 halal food premises in the USJ 9 commercial area.
The project, said Adnan, was a joint effort with USJ 9-based Palmera Sdn Bhd which was giving an incentive of 25 sen for every litre of used cooking oil collected.
"Palmera will place plastic drums at the back of outlets involved in the project and they will draw up a weekly collection schedule. It will then be sent to a factory in Singapore to be processed. There is potential for used oil to be turned into vegetable oil, bitumen and cosmetic products," Adnan said after chairing the council's monthly full board meeting.
The success of the pilot project would be reviewed after six months, said Adnan, adding that there were also plans of expanding the programme to other areas in Subang Jaya.
Meanwhile, the Selayang Municipal Council (MPS) announced that it would launch a three-month campaign to collect and recycle cooking oil from various stalls and restaurants.
Collection of the used cooking oil would be conducted in three phases starting with the council's stalls and night markets.
The second phase would involve collection of the oil from private restaurants and the final phase will be to draw up a collection schedule at all food premises in the municipality.
"Each outlet will be allocated a 25-litre drum to store the used cooking oil," said council president Datuk Zainal Abidin Azim.
He added that the drums would be collected by the companies appointed by the council and the used oil would be converted into biodiesel. -- By Dawn Chan and K. Harinderan
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