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Leftover oil from hotpot dishes in China reused to fuel planes | South China Morning Post

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In the city of Chengdu, the hotpot capital of China, around 150,000 tonnes of used hotpot oil is thrown out every year. However, one company has found a way to reuse some of the waste by turning it into jet fuel. In a nation that is home to one of the world’s largest populations, the issue of food waste has long bee…

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