Verified · Oct 20251 min read
● projectActive · subnational · 2013
Mi cocina no contamina: used cooking oil collection for biodiesel in Mexico City
Urban circular economy program that collects used cooking oil waste (RAUC) from public markets, restaurants and households in Mexico City and transforms it into biodiesel/bioadditives at the Bioadditives Plant of the Central de Abasto, to fuel clean public transport.
illustrative atlas image · Vinicius Vieira ft / PexelsSDSecretaría del Medio Ambiente de la Ciudad de México (Sedema)ACAlcaldía Cuauhtémoc (Dirección de Mercados y Vía Pública)FKFundación Kolibrie EnergyARAlessandra Rojo de la VegaCSClaudia Sheinbaum Pardo
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01 The context
It operates through Sedema with collection points in 65 markets and boroughs; in the Cuauhtémoc borough, with technical support from Fundación Kolibrie Energy, 35 containers collect 370 liters per day, produce 11,000 liters of biodiesel per month and prevent the contamination of 440 million liters of water monthly. The original pilot in markets was documented academically by Sheinbaum et al. (2015).
02 How it works
method · Transesterification of used oil into biodiesel/bioadditivesmethod · Differentiated collection of used cooking oil waste (RAUC) in marketsmethod · Participation of public market vendorstool · Containers and collection points in marketstool · Bio-additives plant at the Central de Abastotool · Biodiesel blends for public transport
03 What it stands on
Evidence level
Own experience
Grounded in published theory
Documented evidence elsewhere
Independently evaluated here
Peer-reviewed research documents this project: the strongest evidence level in the atlas.
The evidence 2 ›
ContextPrograma de recolección de aceite en mercados de la Cuauhtémoc protege 440 millones de litros de agua al mesAlcaldía Cuauhtémoc, CDMX · 2025
EvidenceBiodiesel from waste cooking oil in Mexico CityWaste Management & Research (SAGE), 33(8):730-739 · 2015