Dragonfly shows off  how the system works. 

When BWB landed in Peru after an 8.0 earthquake devastated the town of Pisco, Peru, one of the first things we did was buy a diesel truck and then immediately convert it to biodiesel.

Our hope, and we turned out to be right, was that people would become curious about the big tank of biodiesel warming on the top of our truck and would naturally become interested in learning more about the energy stored in the waste cooking oil they use everyday.

Our goal was to eventually create a biodiesel production facility that would take the waste veggie oil from restaurants and factories and turn it into fuel that could be sold with the profits going to  rebuild schools and homes. Ultimately, this project could be used as a funding model for reconstruction efforts around the world.

A few months ago Sam Bloch, Operations Director for BWB's Peru Reconstruction Project, went back to Pisco, Peru to build the system. Today, we're making biodiesel from the waste veggie oil collected from local restuarants and are creating a relationship with factories, so that we will have the volume needed to create the profits that will make a positive impact in people's lives.

We are partnering with Pisco Sin Fronteras (PSF), a Peruvian non-profit that we helped form to continue BWB's reconstruction efforts after we pulled out our major volunteer operations. They will be taking those profits and building homes and schools for the Piscoan community that we all hold dear to our hearts.

We are waiting for the necessary paperwork to come through to be able to sell the fuel, but for now we are using it everyday in the PSF work truck, and it is working beautifully.

Check out our Blog to  learn more about this amazing project.

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