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Scientists in Cyprus have enlisted children to help r ecycle used cooking oil into biofuel under an initiative that has received international acclaim.
The “Tiganokinisi”, or frying pan, initiative visits schools in a caravan, performs scientific experiments and encourages children to bring in used cooking oil from their homes that is then collected, filtered and sold on to be used as biodiesel.
The aim is for Cyprus to do its