Com a subida do preço do crude, óleo usado é alvo de ladrões nos Estados Unidos

(Notícia em Inglês)
Last May, we took a look at an uptick in grease theft --yes, grease theft -- as the price of oil climbed.

Now, with a barrel of crude going for roughly $112, grease rustling is back in the news.

"Rises in fuel prices have led to an increase in the number of used fryer grease rustlers roaming restaurant alleys in the United States," Reuters reports today.

Tom Cook, president of the National Renderers Association, tells the news service that "Recyclers and collectors pay restaurants about 18 cents a pound for grease," which is, believe it or not, a tradable commodity, selling for more than double that at yesterday's close.

This, put simply, is something those in the grease trade would never have expected in a million -- no, make that two million -- years.

In 1996, an article in the Wall Street Journal quoted one Tres Dausey, who, with his father George, ran a struggling grease outfit in St. George, South Carolina, called Dausey By-Products.

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