BDLA is actively pursuing its certification as a BQ 9000 facility with a production capacity of 7.5 million gallons per year.
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What is biodiesel? How is biodiesel made? What is the difference between biodiesel and renewable diesel? Learn all that and more.
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Biodiesel is a renewable substitute for petroleum diesel made from an increasingly diverse mix of resources such as recycled cooking oil, among others. Therefore, the more biodiesel is used, the less fossil energy is consumed!
Biodiesel combustion produces fewer air pollutants such as particulates, carbon monoxide, sulfur dioxide, hydrocarbons, and air toxics facilitating greenhouse gas emission reduction and ensuring a significant reduction of tailpipe emissions.
Biodiesel is a breath of fresh air - Biodiesel contains virtually no sulfur or aromatic compounds that are unsafe to breathe. Emissions from biodiesel are non-toxic and impose little or no health risks to humans.
Biodiesel is non-toxic; therefore, in case it is occasionally spilled it does not cause as much damage as conventional petroleum diesel does. Biodiesel helps with water conservation, since Biodiesel itself is non-toxic and biodegradable, it poses no risk to our nation’s water supply.
BDLA is keenly aware of the ongoing depletion of natural resources and the imminent threat that climate change currently poses to our society and our planet. As a producer of renewable and biodegradable fuels, BDLA is an environmentally friendly and sustainable alternative for energy consumers in general. BDLA’s focus areas are: • Overall factors contributing to climate change • Efficient energy consumption • Minimize and responsibly dispose of hazardous waste • Resource sustainability • Use of organic recyclable raw materials (BDLA utilizes UCO – used cooking oil) • Impact of BDLA’s activities on climate change carbon emissions.
The environmental contributions of BDLA’s upcoming 7.5 million gallons per year production capacity could be illustrated with the following equivalents1:
1 These estimates illustrate biodiesel’s substitution effect by reducing hydrocarbon consumption. For instance, with each gallon of biodiesel substituted for petroleum diesel, carbon dioxide emissions are reduced by around 76.4 %. Such reductions in carbon emissions have a direct impact on forests and the environment.