Tapera Industries

The process involves collecting waste vegetable oil from local restaurants and breweries as a disposal mechanism for used cooking oil, as well as the aggregation of jatropha curcas seeds, which are able to expel vegetable oil from for processing into the natural soaps and biodiesel fuel. The business was established in 2009 as a pilot project to assess the feasibility of the 'business of biodiesel production' in Zambia. The business has grown from a back yard operation which was supplying biodiesel fuel to a few trucks in 2009 to supplying public service vehicles and trucks in 2010. To date, Tapera has produced over 300,000 litres of biodiesel derived from used cooking oil, which has been supplied as a cheaper alternative to fossil diesel. Tapera has diversified its products to include natural soaps ( Chinkondia), sunflower cooking oil, jatropha seed supply for biofuels and natural soap products. Tapera works with the rural small scale farmers by incorporating them into our supply chain as suppliers of energy crops, as well as linking them to energy crops markets i.e. Copperbelt Energy Cooperation...