The market for waste vegetable oil is presently booming. There is a lot of money to be made, and that money is responsible for my present employment. The biodiesel market is in something of a bubble, since a competitively priced, widely available alternative exists and there exists little incentive for people to use biodiesel if it costs more than petroleum diesel. The point will be reached where waste oil suppliers are being paid the highest possible price, and incentives to switch will disappear.
But in the time being, it’s mayhem. Waste oil processing companies can get away with crazy things, and oil pirates are running around at the same time throwing a wrench in the works. We have had rival companies place locks on our containers, leave their containers in place after a client switches companies, and an ex employee of my company is running around pretending to still represent them, promising to pay exorbitant amounts in order to get oil. It is quite ridiculous. I’m not sure what to make of it.
You should write a book. Seriously. A short, funny expose into the insanity of this emerging field. I think I could sell really well.
Or if you wanted to have somebody write it for you…