site.btaBulgarian Company Offers Green Solution to Used Cooking Oil

A Gabrovo-based family business is the sole company in Bulgaria engaged in processing used cooking oil into biofuel. An article in the 24 Chassa daily reported that the company of Mariana and Patrick Kaiser, who are Dutch, has been doing that for 11 years.

UCO Bulgaria collects some 5,000 tonnes of used cooking oil a year from about 6,000 clients – from street vendors to large fast food chains and supermarkets, hotels and even industrial enterprises – which is then processed and transported to biodiesel plants in Europe. 

The company  provides its transport with its own pool of electric vehicles, a project it calls Driving the Electric Future.

The entire operation is designed to be environment-friendly, including by the use of renewable energy sources and waste water treatment.

UCO Bulgaria has won a number of awards for green innovation and is known for its corporate social responsibility. Social services in Gabrovo are provided with an electric vehicle to deliver food to people in need. Besides, every year the Kaisers supply Gabrovo with some 50,000 tulip bulbs.