Neste subsidiary Mahoney Environmental doubled its grease-collecting workforce last year
Maria Gallucci · The greasy truth behind sustainable aviation fuels · Feb 1, 2023 · at 6:23
Clean energy journalist Maria Gallucci details the rapid expansion of restaurant grease collection infrastructure for sustainable aviation fuel.
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“Mahoney Environmental, which is the company that Dale works for and is a subsidiary of Neste, has hundreds of drivers and growing. Last year alone, they doubled their workforce and are adding even more locations that they collect grease from.”
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