Science

When: November 18, 2007
Where: Las Vegas, Nevada
Who: Escape Adventures, a tour company
What: A Las Vegas tour company is using leftover oil from restaurants to fuel a fleet of vans, showing that recycling can work even in a city known for excess. Escape Adventures is an 18-year-old company that offers bicycle trips into Red Rock Canyon outside Las Vegas and the North Rim of the Grand Canyon.
Why: What makes Escape trips different from other helicopter tours or limousine cruises is that owner Jared Fisher spends about four to six hours a week driving to restaurants to siphon used oil from containers near the trash bins. So far this year he has collected about 3,000 gallons. That amounts to more than $9,000 in savings.
Source: http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/science/11/19/green.machines.ap/index.html