Sustainable energy firm Convert2Green and food service company 3663 have secured a contract with restaurant chain TGI Friday’s to collect and turn waste cooking oil from around 50 branches in the UK into carbon savings.
The waste oil will be collected by Convert2Green, refined into bio-diesel at its plant in Cheshire and will be used to fuel 3663′s trucks; TGI Friday’s supply chain partner, to deliver the food to the restaurants.
“Converting our used cooking oil to bio-diesel to fuel the trucks is part of TGI Friday’s wider social responsibility charter – its just one of many ways we’re working to meet our ambitious targets,” Alyson Scott, head of supply chain, TGI Friday’s (UK) said.
“We have clear goals to reach in terms of recycling and energy savings – our aim is to totally eradicate all landfill by 2012 and reduce our energy consumption by 15% by the same date – and we’re well on track to achieving both of those targets.
“Like most restaurant groups, we produce large quantities of waste cooking oil per annum – which might otherwise go to landfill and may even cause environmental problems, but recycling it to high quality bio-fuel can help TGI Friday’s to reduce carbon emissions by up to 90%.”
Faye Reeve, senior buyer, 3663 added: “3663 is delighted to welcome TGI Friday’s into the recycling scheme. We rely on being able to work with our customers to gain mutual environmental benefits from this initiative which has resulted in gaining an assurance to ISO 10464 (part 2).
“It is this assurance which allows us to give TGI Friday’s a validated carbon saving within their supply chain. The use of bio diesel in our fleet is a fantastic way to reduce our carbon emissions while also offering a solution to recycling a waste product and retaining the benefits of this in a secured supply chain.”
Convert2Green also works in partnership with other key clients in the food and hospitality industry, including Robinson’s pubs, Cygnet Foods and Tamar foods to reduce carbon emissions and cut costs.
