Italy Oil Giant Taps Mediterranean Diet to Turn Fats to Fuel
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Italy's Oil Giant Taps Mediterranean Diet to Turn Fats Into Fuel
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Each week, Friggi Oil Service pays a visit to Ai Due Otri, a traditional Sardinian restaurant in central Rome, to pick up what’s left in the frying pan.
Leftover oil from this and other restaurants is trucked to a collection area just outside the capital. It’s then taken to a refinery operated by Eni SpA, Italy’s oil and gas giant, to be turned into fuel.