Perkasie Borough Police are seeking leads in their investigation into the theft of more than 100 gallons of used cooking oil from a restaurant in Sellersville.
Investigators said an employee from Buffalo Biodiesel arrived to the 100 block of North Main Street to pump the used cooking oil tank at the Washington House Restaurant on Jan. 21, however the tank was empty. Police said the tank was reported to be full on Jan. 14, meaning approximately 120 gallons of used cooking oil had been stolen.
Anyone with information about the theft, or who may have information about similar incidents is asked to contact the Perkasie Borough Police Department at 215-257-6876. Tips can also be submitted anonymously here.
According to a report by KTLA, Buffalo Biodiesel President Sumit Majumdar said theft of used cooking oil had cost his company millions of dollars.
“It’s ballooning. It’s wiping out a third of our business,” Majumdar said in the November 2022 report by KTLA. “To put that into numbers: $10 million to $15 million a year.”
Majumdar said in the report that thieves will make a lot of money by taking the used oil to a broker, where it will then be sent to a refinery. The National Renderers Association said in an April 2019 report by the Washington Post that the stolen cooking oil can be recycled and sold for components used in perfumes, biofuels and animal feeds.
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