San Francisco Asks Eateries to Trap Grease, Save Sewers

There are plenty of undesirable things in San Francisco's sewers. But one, in particular, has grabbed the attention of city officials: FOG.

Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2010/03/18/MNQ61CHD79.DTL#ixzz0jaNms1uL

We Love Waste Too

“I love waste,” said Emily Bockian Landsburg, CEO of cleantech startup BlackGold Biofuels , when I ran into her at an an event in New York last night. BlackGold Biofuels has developed a process for turning trap grease–the gunk collected in grease traps in restaurant sink drainpipes–into high-quality biodiesel.greenresearch.com, I Love Waste «, Feb 2010

Read the full blog post by clicking on the "I Love Waste" link above.

New York Event Sells out!

BlackGold has been selected to be highlighted at Good Company Venture's NYC event, "Celebrating the Power of Entrepreneurs to Change the World," which has been gaining popularity over the past few weeks.

With VC's dedicated to entrepreneurship and social change, like Fred Wilson of NYC, plugging the event, ticket sales have boomed and the event sold-out within 24-hours of Wilson's blog post about the event.

This event is anticipated to be a great forum to facilitate discussions about entrepreneurship and the environment directly targeted at for profit businesses, while addressing key environmental problems.

To read more about the event, see: http://www.goodcompanyventures.org/events/

Check out Fred Wilson's blog here: http://www.avc.com/a_vc/2010/02/entrepreneurship-and-social-change.html