Costal BioDiesel

Costal BioDiesel Mark Hefner Said they were collecting my waste cooking oil to make biodiesel but they aren't! Charleston, South Carolina

16th of Mar, 2011 by User273770

I was called by Coastal Biodiesel about what I was doing with my cooking oil. At the time I was letting a company collect it for free. They told me they would pay me and use the oil to make Biodiesel. After my rebate checks for the oil were not adding up right I started doing some investigating. Not only was I getting screwed out of my oil but as it turns out they don't even make biodiesel. They don't even have a plant! So I called some of the Biodiesel plants in SC, turns out there is only 2 in opperation. First I called our local Biodiesel plant Southeast Biodiesel and they said they don't get any waste cooking oil from Costal Biodiesel. Then I called a company out of Columbia and they said the same. So where is all my oil going. Both companies couldn't tell me what Coastal is doing with my oil but both assured me it wasn't being used by them and that they do not do business with them. I have since canceled my account and have another company collect it now. They collect it and make fuel with it and sell it in SC. I don't get paid but I also know my oil is going to good use instead of....who knows where?

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4872 days ago by Mbsun71

I used to work for this company. They collected the oil, then they sold it to an oil broker who then made biodiesel with the oil, and the oil broker sold the biodiesel to big corporations for their fleets.

They were not the best at paying rebates and their accounting methods were not accurate for calculating rebate amounts, and maybe they were misleading in making people think THEY did the biodiesel conversion, but otherwise they are a legit company. I think their intention was to eventually do the conversion themselves but became too involved and costly, and they didn't have the financial backing to do it so that's why they are doing it this way. So the oil IS being used for biodiesel, that is not a lie...just not in the way you thought or were told when you signed up with them.