JBS ended 2024 with the collection of 11 million liters of cooking oil used for biofuel production through the Friend Oil Program. The result shows growth of 154% compared to 2023.
In eight years of operation, the initiative has collected 36 million liters of cooking oil used to refer to the correct destination.
The oil is used as an input by JBS’s biopower, one of the largest Brazilian biodiesel producers.
The Friend Oil Program resulted in the preservation of 900 billion liters of water, a volume that would supply the equivalent of 36 million cap with a capacity of 25,000 liters each-enough to supply the city of Sao Paulo for a year and eight months.
In 2024 alone, 278 billion liters of water were preserved.
“Promoting environmental education and circular economy is a way to nourish the ecosystem as a whole. We are not only fighting pollution, but also guiding people about the importance of responsible for used oil, ”says Alexandre Pereira, commercial director of Biopower.
Currently, the program serves the cities of Lins (SP), Curitiba (PR) and Campo Verde (MT), impacting more than 90 municipalities in the states of São Paulo, Minas Gerais, Paraná, Mato Grosso and Santa Catarina, with the potential to promote environmental education for more than 10 million people in these regions.
In addition to the correct discard, the Oil Friend Program also works in environmental education.
Since 2016, the program has directly reached more than 45,000 students from more than 600 schools, companies and institutions.
“We believe that education is the key to transformation. Therefore, we invest in lectures and workshops to make the population aware, creating multipliers of the environmental message throughout society, ”comments Pereira.
