Potential Utilization of Waste Cooking Oil in Sri Lanka: Policy Implementation

Sri Lankan energy policy depends on hydropower, coal power, and fossil fuel, contributing to the transportation sector. Implementing renewable energy is a time-required necessity to minimize the dependency on imported fossil fuels. Biodiesel produced by waste cooking oil seems a promising technique as it minimizes waste handling costs as well. However, in Sri Lanka, waste cooking oil is reselling for the food industry after purification, making several health issues to the general public. There are no proper policies to avoid waste cooking oil reselling. Therefore, immediate policy implementation is necessary to minimize health issues and implement biodiesel production based on waste cooking oil. That will introduce waste cooking oil collecting bins to restaurant chains and hotels to utilize waste cooking oil for biodiesel production