Grease Thieves a Bad Ingredient in Biodiesel
Even a few years ago, fast food restaurants would have been glad to have someone remove their used cooking oil. But now it’s a crime. The frequency of oil robberies is on the rise as biodiesel operations are using the leftover restaurant byproduct to recycle for fuel.
A black market for the greasy glob is burgeoning across the country, prompting restaurant owners and police to be more vigilant when it comes to the increasingly valuable ingredient in fuel.
Braselton, Georgia police found an elaborate storage facility last week apparently used for stolen restaurant cooking oil. Police said us they expect to make more arrests after busting two suspects for the thefts. A 30-year-old man and a 19-year-old woman are in custody and police are searching for another many related to the slick robberies.
Over the course of the last few weeks, police say the team had struck about 40 fast food joints after closing and stealing the used oil from storage facilities near the restaurants around Atlanta.
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