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Darling International: Dirty Sexy Money

Darling has had no significant competition for business up to this point. In some areas it is a monopoly being the only option for companies to collect their waste oils. But this is changing on a national basis. For years darling has required companies to pay $50-$80 a barrel for collection. Now Darling is facing nationally new businesses that will collect for free or even pay for the oil. Their business model is based on the fact that waste oil had very little value, but now because of biodiesel and the desperate need for a cheap alternative to soy and other crops waste oils are now the hottest oil in the biodiesel feedstock competition. I have started a collection business in CA for these same reasons. CA doesnt grow a crop for biodiesel, the soy price increase has made it to expensive to rail here, and now palm is even getting to high to ship here. Waste oils are the prime feedstock in CA, and companies know that what they have is becoming increasingly wanted. I am taking for free from most and paying a very small amount to a company that has a foundation to green their business. What I pay will go to the foundation. I am selling the oil directly to local biodiesel producers. I am charging am amount that is within their margin to keep them in business. Businesses like mine are popping up all over the country. It's called sustainable biodiesel, local collection or cropping of oils, that go to local producers, that distribute to the local community. All the money is kept within a region and jobs are created locally.
Small businesses are created to service them meaning more jobs. With local biodiesel the price of biodiesel blends stabalizes and decreases. To get the US out of the mess we are in financially and with global warming, we have to buy local and at least buy USA.