The local biodiesel production project from frying oils takes a new step with the launch last month, by the Biofuel Réunion start-up, a label for the collection and valuation of used food oils : Arsycle.
"Alon Arsycle all oil frying for transform ali an biofuel" proclaim the three young Reunionese scientists founding Biofuel Réunion (Pierre Tambouran, Hugo Dieudonné and Jean-Laurent Camlindia), Start-up created in 2018 whose ambition is to locally enhance used food for biodiesel. This new label aims to structure locally and permanently the sector for the valuation of used food oils (This) produced in Reunion, and to raise awareness among catering professionals and the general public on this environmental issue. In the meeting, more than three quarters of used food oils are now rejected in water networks or in nature, Or about 4 million liters (4,000 tonnes). However, this waste can be transformed into as many liters of biofuel. A locally produced biofuel will not only reduce pollution resulting from the use of food oils while energizing the territory by new industrial activity, but also reduce vehicle pollution : Biodiesel emits 90 % less greenhouse gases than oil fuel. In their project schedule, the three founders of Biofuel Réunion are at the stage of structuring the raw material collection sector which will be used to produce pei biodiesel by 2025.
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Arsycle offers professional “arsycleurs” a collection and recovery solution that complies with the HAU disposal regulations to which they are subject.. For a contribution of 15 euros per month, Biofuel Réunion provides them with collection bins which are collected twice a month by Translog, project partner collection company. As long as the local biodiesel unit is not operational, Used fried oils collected in this context will follow the same path as the share of Hau already valued elsewhere, That is to say that they are shipped in mainland France to be transformed into biofuel. Arsycle also includes a communication kit (poster, sticker, etc.) allowing restaurants to enhance their commitment to their customers, but also on social networks (site web www.arsycle.re, Facebook, Linkedin, etc.).
The future factory on the Eco Parc du Port
We should therefore see in the coming months the Arsycle label flowering at the door of many restaurants. One hundred and fifty restaurateurs support the project, as well as the three establishments of the Exsel hotel chain. Collective catering deposits are also sought after, Starting with that of school catering. Individuals are also affected by this label. They can already in some cities contribute in their own way to the collection of frying oils. Terminals are arranged for this purpose in the recycling centers of the Cinor and the Ciret. A surface of 3,000 m2, The production unit will take place on the Eco Porte Port, The development area for environmental companies and waste management. Next step for Biofuel Réunion : in September, final budgeting of the project and its financing, whose closure should not pose too much difficulty given the solidity of the project and the structures which currently accompany it : Reunion Technopole, Connections, Reunion region, Ademe, BPI, France Active, Carrefour Foundation, Territorial Bank, Village by CA, French Tech, Chembiopro and quality laboratory, notably…
