Transport company in Japan has devised a method to power the company’s vehicles using the biodiesel fuel made from leftover tonkotsu ramen soup broth. The company combines the lard extracted from the broth with a fuel made from waste cooking oil. The broth itself is made from pork bones.
The chairman of the Nishida Shoun transport firm has been using the biodiesel fuel to run a bunch of its trucks.
He plans to use the fuel to run all of its 170 trucks starting September this year.
This superb idea came to company chairman Masumi Nishida nearly eight years ago in 2013.
It all starts when Nishida Shoun was “approache by an operator of a ramen chain while conducting research on biodiesel fuel derived from vegetable oil.”
The operator who had to pay to dispose of the excess broth was on the lookout for a more sustainable way to utilise the broth.
With this in mind Nishida Shoun develop a device that could separate out the lard from the broth.
This device could easily be use in the kitchens of ramen shops.
But there were certain issues.
Lard tends to solidify easily compared to vegetable oil, making it difficult to work with.
But Nishida Shoun devise ways to “eliminate certain elements during refining so that it can be mix with biodiesel fuel made from waste cooking oil”.
Nishida Shoun, Speaking about his journey, the 74-year-old Said :
“At the beginning, I had no knowledge of chemistry and it was all about trial and error. But my development saw the light of day when environmental issues are becoming a big challenge.”
The Japanese Transport company produces about 3,000 litres of fuel a day at its plant.
It also provides nearly 2,000 restaurants with a sustainable option to part ways with the excess lard and waste cooking oil they generate on a daily basis.
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