FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Environmental Development Group (EDG) and EDG Fuels will open a Biodiesel Manufacturing & Refining Facility using used cooking oil as feedstock.

Tucson, Arizona – In March 2010, EDG Fuels will open a Biodiesel Manufacturing & Refining Facility in Tucson, Arizona using used cooking oil as feedstock.  The Biodiesel Facility will create approximately 19 “Green Jobs” in Tucson.  Within the first year, the Biodiesel Facility will be fully automated and will be operating 24-hours, 7 days a week.  EDG Fuels collects used cooking oil from Tucson-area businesses through their Enjoy Dining Green program as well as collecting used cooking oil from around the country.  Approximately 3 million gallons of biodiesel fuel will be produced the first year with a potential capacity of expanding to 6 million gallons per year.    

Enjoy Dining Green, a coalition of concerned and environmentally-conscious people and restaurants united to practice environmentally sustainable recycling in the form of used cooking oil to biodiesel processing.  Enjoy Dining Green offers free collection containers, free collection service, and recognition as a Green Contributor on the Enjoy Dining Green website.  Enjoy Dining Green members also qualify for discounts on combined services such as Grease Interceptor Maintenance, Facilities Maintenance and Plumbing, If you are interested in becoming a member of Enjoy Dining Green or would like more information, please contact Vivian Sampson at 520.790.3341.

EDG Fuels and Enjoy Dining Green are sister companies of EDG.  For over a decade, EDG has been an innovative company with an environmentally committed staff.  For more information about EDG, please visit our website at www.edgroup.us.

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If you would like more information about this topic or to interview Stacey Sires, Vice President or Jeff Sires, President, please call Vivian Sampson at 520.790.EDG1 (3341) or email Vivian at orders@edgroup.us, ATTN: Vivian

Contact:

Vivian Sampson, EDG Representative
EDG
520.790.EDG1(3341)
http://www.edgroup.us