COOKING OIL SOAP
October 1st, 2002
BY MARK ROWEA JAPANESE firm and a soap manufacturer have produced a laundry detergent made from used cooking oil. Residents in Tokyo take their used cooking oil to 28 collection points in the city from where it is removed to a factory and initially filtered to remove sediments and impurities. Then it is broken down with additives used in the soap production. The resultant detergent is an additive-free detergent that sells for around Euro 6.50 (Yen 800/GBPounds 4.10) for a 1.8kg box. "Recycling used cooking oil into a laundry detergent will boost the public's ...
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