Some irresponsible biodiesel producers are dumping their waste products mostly consisting of glycerin into rivers and streams. This can kill plants, animals, and especially fish. Even though these are mostly classified as non-toxic chemicals the glycerin needs to be cleaned of any methanol residue in it. Also large amounts of this in the environment quickly reduces the amount of oxygen in the water which kills fish and plants.
A producer needs to know what they are going to do with their waste products before going into this business. You can’t just dump your waste into a stream and expect to get away with it. Check out the story at nytimes.com.
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James Towner | Posted in 
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April 2nd, 2008 at 2:45 pm
Wow, this is crazy! It makes me think people are either really greedy, irresponsible, or plain dumb. We hear about this sort of dumping in hydrology class here in the valley where companies used to dump directly into the ground. In class we always think – how could it be, how dumb are they?? Then we dismiss it as looking back they didn’t know better then.. well we do now! I am so shocked that anyone would think this is harmless.