Archive for July, 2006

Newest Version of Dictionary Features the Word ‘Biodiesel’

Tuesday, July 11th, 2006

For the first time, the word “biodiesel” appears in the 2006 update of the Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary, Eleventh Edition.
What’s more, Merriam-Webster put biodiesel on the short list of examples of new words added to the dictionary — promoting the list in a national news release and as a sampler on its Web site.
That means […]

City may brew fry grease into biofuel

Thursday, July 6th, 2006

HCM City — The city is preparing to manufacture biodiesel from recycled vegetable oil and the animal fat that will be collected from restaurants and hotels in the city.
“This is an important project to recycle energy as well as to protect the environment,” Phan Minh Tan, vice director of HCM City’s Science and Technology Department, […]