Hey there! more power to you for trying to start this up!

I'll share our ideas from the Vermont coop:

Set up one WVO processing and filling station using Dana Linscott's dewater&filter plans. then share the expense of the setup ~$150 and share the work of acquiring, transporting, and processing the oil.

If you'd like to, try joining the national WVo network at www.fillup4free.com and post there about wanting to set up your local coop. The network is growing steadily at a rate of about 4 people per day. It's in its infancy, but it is gathering momentum quickly. So...sign up and post in the forum and post some pictures in the photo gallery and even submit a news item, etc...

Kristopher

Hiya,

I'm in the process of starting one in Minneapolis... It'd be interesting to exchange ideas.

How to get started? Find people? Models for making it work? If you ever want to chat, drop me a line. I think it would be a cool model to get some space at one of the local food coops, use volunteers to pick up oil from restaurants, and have a filtering station, and then charge a small fee for the processed stuff, based on whatever the overhead is...Or, if it's done right, no fee... everything's done by volunteers...

By the way, there's some people on www.frappr.com/burningthemidnightgrease in your area.

Good luck!

last i checked, import tile in berkley runs a co-op of sorts. decent flush oil between $.50 and a $1.00/gallon. you can just go there or you can call(bill is the owner)

hi, I live near S.F also and want to get involved with a co-op. How is your project going? I have a bunch of oil that I need to get rid of, I don't have the time right now to convert to bio-diesel.

let me know
Mandeep

send me an email. i live in SF and have time to set up a functioning coop that focuses on collection, filtration and storage. we can find somewhere cheap to do the filtering. from what i understand, WVO doesn't have the same hang-ups as biodiesel in the legal department.