Cargill closes 120,000 tonne bio plant in Germany

[Tony]

http://af.reuters.com/article/commoditiesNews/idAFL5E8M7BXX20121107

Sounds like they are blaming European market saturation.  Interesting if it's true.  Given the EU plans to reduce biodiesel production derived from food feedstocks, this might be the start of a downturn in large-scale biodiesel production.

[RobPerrie]

don't make sense.com

[greasemonkey]

Could be the start of something that is good for us. i wonder what the immediate effects will be. I don't think there will be any reduction in the big boys collections just yet. They will simply divert the surplus oil to another plant. It states in the arcticle that the plants in Germany are only running at 50%.
Step in the right direction though.

[Tony]

“Having made a lot of progress, it looks like the UK biodiesel industry will collapse,” said Adam Baisley, chief executive of Agri Energy

“UCO will get exported to Germany where there is a mandate to use biodiesel. If that happens, then a lot of the good work food companies have done in trying to recycle their waste oils will be undone.”

http://www.thegrocer.co.uk/topics/environment/biodiesel-industry-on-the-brink-as-waste-oil-use-plummets/234148.article

It's a safe bet that even if Agri reduces biodiesel production, they will continue collecting, and just export the oil.  It'll just be less profitable for them.

[photoman290]

think we would need a lot of IBCs around the garden if agri stopped collecting. ebay will be flooded with oil and the price will drop. same thing really, supply and demand. a friend of mine used to collect paper and sell it a £20 a ton  recycling paper became fashionable and the price dropped to £2 a ton almost overnight. not sure if agri would bother collecting oil as that is the most expensive part of the process i would have thought.

[Tony]

I doubt the days of being paid to remove it will return though!

[photoman290]

i remember them well. had to pay anglia oils in wisbech £2 a drum to take it away.