What Smells Like French Fries?

What Smells Like French Fries? (Added: September 03, 2009)

City workers in Orange Beach say new eco-program converting used cooking oil and grease into bio-fuel smells like their favorite fast-food restaurant (more)

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City workers in Orange Beach say new eco-program converting used cooking oil and grease into bio-fuel smells like their favorite fast-food restaurant

By: Pat Peterson | WKRG-TV
Published: September 03, 2009

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Stomachs are growling in Orange Beach!

"The tractors smell like french fries!" says city manager Ken Grimes. "And that's a fact. The exhaust smells like french fries, so that's got to be a perk around the sewer plant!"

The bio-diesel used to power city trucks and equipment is made from recycled cooking oil and grease.

"Our operators have put on about 20 pounds since we switched to bio-diesel due to the smelling of french fries," says Tim Tucker. "Yeah, it's time for a snack!"

Orange Beach will save thousands of dollars of year in fuel costs by converting grease into fuel. Some of the by-product will also be used to make soap for the shop workers.

The city has three recycling drop off locations but a lot of the cooking oil is now coming from Foley. Foley doesn't have a converter or fuel processor so the city ships their sludge to Pleasure Island to convert into energy.