PFoD is a C-corporation founded by the Energy Cooperative Association of Pennsylvania (ECAP).  Since 1979, ECAP has provided renewable electricity, heating oil, and biodiesel to consumers and companies in southeast PA. PFoD grew out of ECAP's desire to find an urban model for production of renewable fuels.

PFoD has developed patent-pending technology for the production of high quality diesel fuel from waste greases.

1.64 billion gallons of diesel fuel and over 1 billion gallons of #2 heating oil were sold in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in 2004. -  US Energy Information Administration

Diesel vehicles comprise only 2% of on-road vehicles yet contribute 40% of NOx and 63% of particulate matter in PA. –Philadelphia Diesel Difference Corporate Sponsorship Program

Pennsylvania has the seventh highest emissions of diesel soot nationwide. – Clean Air Council

Philadelphia ranks as the 5th worst city in the nation for greatest public health risk associated with air toxics. – Philadelphia Diesel Difference Program

An estimated 6 million gallons of yellow grease are generated each year by restaurants and food service companies in the Philadelphia area.

An estimated 10 million gallons of trap grease are generated each year in the Philadelphia area. Trap grease does not have a value in the market place – it is incinerated or dumped in landfills.

Restaurants must pay for both yellow grease and trap grease removal.  Some refuse to comply with city codes and dispose of the waste illegally, in dumpsters and down sewer lines.