By SHIN MATSUURA/ Staff Writer
September 7, 2022 at 06:30 JST
These samples, seen at the offices of Yoshikawa Yushi in Sano, Tochigi Prefecture, on July 29, show how the company’s processing plant turns part of the waste cooking oil it has collected, far left, into biodiesel for engines, far right, after it is filtered and treated. (Shin Matsuura)
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