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Restaurant waste oil grease thefts on the rise

Photo by Paul Keleher. Licensed under Creative Commons license 2.0. Yesterday, driving around the Detroit suburbs, I saw a man holding up a sign along the side of the road that read, "We buy gold inside Kroger." (Kroger is a large grocery store chain). It seemed to me that the man making (I'm guessing) minimum wage to hold a piece of cardboard alerting people that they can hawk their jewelery at the local grocery store for quick cash is one of those sure signs that the economy is failing (necklace for noodles, anyone?). Another sure sign in my ... Read more →

Are biodiesel-hungry thieves stealing waste grease?

It used to be that restaurants had to pay to have their waste oil taken away. Then, with the boom in homemade biodiesel, people were willing to schlepp it away for free, which made everyone happy. I ...

Gas prices aren't that high ... if you're stealing it

Photo by Clearly Ambiguous. Licensed under Creative Commons license 2.0. We've seen some crazy stories about cheap gas - sometimes accidental and sometimes illegal - recently. Here's another story to ...

Restaurant waste oil grease thefts on the rise 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Photo by Paul Keleher. Licensed under Creative Commons license 2.0. Yesterday, driving around the Detroit suburbs, I saw a man holding up a sign along the side of the road that read, "We buy gold inside Kroger." (Kroger is a large grocery store chain). It seemed to me that the man making (I'm ...

Are biodiesel-hungry thieves stealing waste grease? 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

It used to be that restaurants had to pay to have their waste oil taken away. Then, with the boom in homemade biodiesel, people were willing to schlepp it away for free, which made everyone happy. I ', pretty sure there are some areas today where biodiesel groups are paying to take the oil away. ...

Gas prices aren't that high ... if you're stealing it 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Photo by Clearly Ambiguous. Licensed under Creative Commons license 2.0. We've seen some crazy stories about cheap gas - sometimes accidental and sometimes illegal - recently. Here's another story to add to the list of recent fuel-price-related shenanigans: straight-up theft. In King County, ...



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