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The idea behind 100th Grease Monkey is to hook-up biofuel auto owners with donating restaurants to the point of the proverbial 100th monkey where it becomes universal. Or in their words:
Well, the hope of this website is to launch the “Hundredth Monkey Effect” in regards to veggie fuel. If enough people visit this website and enough restaurants choose to be included in our database, we hope to reach a level of awareness that changes society on a fundamental level. All we need is a few more grease monkeys to reach that critical point. So please, spread the word and help us reach that ever so important 100th Grease Monkey!
When it comes to grease, the Great Neck Water Pollution Control District means business (and no, not monkey business). Here is how Long Island Press author April Jimenez described their program in the article Waste Not, Want Not:
The Great Neck Water Pollution Control District (GNWPCD) has developed a food-to-fuel program, an initiative to turn waste vegetable oil into a viable energy source called biofuel. In this pilot program, waste oil from restaurants will be used to power district vehicles and generators. But GNWPCD is used to keeping the environment clean: It is responsible for collecting and treating sewage generated by more than 15,000 residents and businesses in Great Neck and Manhasset, and returns it in a clean state to the environment, specifically, into Manhasset Bay.
Were are the rest of our Long Island municipalities, including my own Babylon?
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