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Egyptian startup <\/strong>Green Pan<\/strong><\/a> is planning to expand its operations into Alexandria, <\/strong>according to Thomson Reuters\u2019 MySalaam.com<\/a>. Green Pan, which collects cooking oil from households and converts it to biodiesel, launched last year under the umbrella of renewable energy and waste management firm Tagaddod. \u201cWith a five-litre minimum order, along with an incentive scheme offering one litre of soap for every five litres donated \u2026 the collection process became easier and more efficient,\u201d co-founder Ahmed Raafat says. Supported by our good friends at Flat6Labs, Tagaddod now mass produces and exports biodiesel.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Egyptian startup Green Pan is planning to expand its operations into Alexandria, according to Thomson Reuters\u2019 MySalaam.com. Green Pan, which collects cooking oil from households and converts it to biodiesel, launched last year under the umbrella of renewable energy and waste management firm Tagaddod. \u201cWith a five-litre minimum order, along with an incentive scheme offering […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"single-feature.php","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"newspack_ads_suppress_ads":false,"newspack_popups_has_disabled_popups":false,"newspack_sponsor_sponsorship_scope":"","newspack_sponsor_native_byline_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_native_category_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_style":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_placement":"inherit","ep_exclude_from_search":false,"_primary_brand":0,"newspack_featured_image_position":"","newspack_post_subtitle":"","newspack_article_summary_title":"Overview:","newspack_article_summary":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":false,"newspack_show_updated_date":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9257],"tags":[72],"brand":[],"newspack_spnsrs_tax":[],"class_list":["post-645203","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-on-your-way-out","tag-enterpriseam","wpautop","entry"],"acf":{"mongo_id":"013f34f8-8a10-4922-9cf7-b312edddd011","order":"0","is_powered_by":true,"story_type":"1","photo_url":"","photo_position":"above","related_issue":[645163],"teaser":"","voice_url":""},"yoast_head":"\nEgyptian startup uses cooking oil for biodiesel - EnterpriseAM Egypt<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2017\/07\/13\/egyptian-startup-uses-cooking-oil-for-biodiesel\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Egyptian startup uses cooking oil for biodiesel\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Egyptian startup Green Pan is planning to expand its operations into Alexandria, according to Thomson Reuters\u2019 MySalaam.com. 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