Our Members

Working together to produce sustainable fuels that create added economic and environmental value.

Our members are producers of biodiesel from used cooking oil, animal fats and other advanced waste feedstocks, waste collectors and technology providers. EWABA members are jointly bringing waste-based biofuels with up to +90% greenhouse gas (GHG) savings to the market, when compared with mineral diesel fuel.

Our members are working together to produce renewable fuels that create added economic and environmental value, by preventing waste and residues from causing noxious pollution, adding GHG emissions and blocking major urban infrastructure sewage systems.

EWABA gathers corporate members active in the majority of EU Member States and in important non-EU markets such as the United Kingdom and Switzerland.

We represent our members’ interests before European and national authorities by directly interacting with officials and decision-makers and distributing a wide array of policy materials such as position papers, consultation responses and policy proposals.

EWABA members are jointly bringing waste-based biofuels with up to +90% greenhouse gas (GHG) savings to the market, when compared with mineral diesel fuel.

Our Members

ABA is the Portuguese non-profit advanced biofuels association promoting bioenergy in the energy transition to the circular economy.

ABA

ACT Commodities is a Dutch-based market leader in the trading of environmental commodities, fuels, and feedstocks.

ACT Commodities

Adriatica Oli has 35+ years of experience in waste management, specialising in the collection, separation, recovery and disposal processes.

Adriatica Oli

Argent Energy, part of Swire Group, is the pioneer of large scale commercial production of waste biodiesel in the UK, serving over 100 depots across the country.

Argent Energy

Astra Bioplant is a Bulgarian biodiesel producer, part of the energy products supply group Bulmarket.

Astra Bioplant

BDI is a specialized plant manufacturer, with expertise in residual & waste materials refining in a patented self-developed multifeedstock technology.

BDI

BioAdvance is a Portuguese waste-based and advanced biodiesel producer, with important by-products such as methanol, glycerin and bioheating oil .

BioAdvance

Bioagra Oil has a long-tradition as biodiesel producer and seed crusher from domestically collected feedstocks in Poland.

Bioagra-Oil

Biocom Energia, part of Selev Biogroup, is the largest Spanish advanced biodiesel producer with a commitment to sustainable economy.

Biocom Energia

Bioarag is a Spanish waste and advanced biodiesel producer, with important by-products such as glycerin, biofertiliser and bioheating oil also produced.

Biodiesel Aragon

Biofuels Switzerland is the official association of the Swiss biofuels industry, representing the interests of the entire industry.

Biofuels Switzerland

Bioledger is a software development company formed by biofuel industry stakeholders and making use of blockchain technology to facilitate compliance.

Bioledger

Danish-based Bunker One is one of the world's leading physical suppliers of marine fuels, and subsidiary of the largest global bunker supplier Bunker Holding.

Bunker One

Cargill is a global conglomerate and is awaiting the contruction of a high calibre multi-waste and residues based biodiesel plant in Ghent.

Cargill

Originated in the US, Chevron REG is the largest biodiesel producer in the States and an important EU waste biodiesel producer in Germany and Europe.

Chevron Renewable Energy Group

C-Green Consultores Lda is a consultancy company specialist in biofuels-related markets.

C-Green Consultores

Darling Ingredients is a global collector of animal fats and used cooking oils for different industry applications, including the waste-based biodiesel production.

Darling Ingredients

A founding member of EWABA, Elin Verd is a pioneer in the production of biodiesel from waste and largely relying on domestically collected feedstock.

Elin Verd

Energy World is a Polish company dealing with the collection and trade of used cooking oils (UCO), animal fats and technical glycerin.

Energy World

Slovak-based Envien Group, the largest biofuel holding in Central and Eastern Europe,  holds factories also in Czech Republic, Hungary and Croatia.

Envien Group

Evonik is one of the world leaders in the specialty chemicals industry and focuses on meeting the growing materials requirement for biodiesel production.

Evonik

Green Biofuels Ireland is a leading supplier of biodiesel, glycerol, potassium sulphate, and other biofuel products throughout Ireland.

Green Biofuels Ireland

Greenergy is the UK's only national fuel supplier and Europe's largest waste-based and advanced biodiesel producer.

Greenergy

One of Spain's largest waste advanced biodiesel producer with logistic operations in the most important ports of the Iberian Peninsula.

Greenfuel Extremadura

One of the world's largest independent commodities trading houses, operating two waste biodiesel factories in Spain.

Gunvor

Initiativas Bioenergeticas has the largest production capacity of waste-based biodiesel in Spain and is committed to reducing CO2 emissions.

Initiativas Bioenergeticas

Linares is one of Europe's largest waste-based and advanced biodiesel producers.

Linares Biodiesel Technology

Muenzer is one of the EU's largest biodiesel producers with 30+ years industry presence and operations in 11 location worldwide.

Muenzer Bioindustrie

MVaK is the German waste biofuels association representing companies that process waste and residues into high quality renewable fuels.

MVaK

NBAA is an alliance of waste-based biodiesel producers operating in the Netherlands, representing the interests of the industry to ensure that waste-based biodiesel receives fair treatment in legislation and regulation.

Nederlandse Biodiesel uit Afval Alliantie

Nord Ester, part of the Daudruy Group, is a French waste-based biodiesel producer from used cooking oils and animal fats.

Nord Ester

Novozymes is a global biotechnology company headquartered in Copenhagen, Denmark, and its technology is used in 30+ waste-based biodiesel plants worldwide. 

Novozymes

Olleco, part of ABP Food Group,  is the UK's leading supplier of premium cooking oils and its largest collector of used cooking oil and food waste.

Olleco

PEK represents the interests of Austrian companies from all sectors of the value chain of the production of renewable fuels, in particular on the basis of biogenic raw materials and residues.

Plattform Erneuerbare Kraftstoffe (PEK)

Prasino Ladi is part of Elin Verd and focuses on the collection, storage and distribution of used cooking oils for biodiesel production.

Prasino Ladi

PRIO is the largest producer of biofuels in Portugal and the third largest European producer of biodiesel from waste raw materials.

Prio

The RTFA is the UK trade association for the producers of renewable and low carbon fuels.

Renewable Transport Fuel Association (RTFA)

Resiway is an expert company at the treatment and recovering of waste with oils and grease trap fats and the production of technical oils with residual origins.

Resiway

RSB is a global independent organisation that develops the bio-based and circular economy through sustainability solutions, certification and collaborative partnerships.

RSB

Part of APG, Sabio Fuels is the group's advanced biofuels division producing waste and advanced biodiesel as well as glycerol.

Sabio Fuels

Tata Genaro is a business consultancy with technical and commercial expertise in the biofuels and oleochemicals sectors.

Tata Genaro

Trafin Oil is the largest collector of used cooking oils and fats in the Czech Republic, with operations in Slovakia and Poland as well.

Trafin Oil

Van Wijk & Olthuis is a supplier of oils and fats for the animal feed, food, biodiesel and oleochemicals industries.

Van Wijk & Olthuis

WON is a leading Bulgarian company specialised in the collection and treatment of used cooking oil, operating locally but also internationally.

Waste Oil Net

Why should I become a member?

EWABA represents the interests of its members, ensuring that their voice is heard in the European Commission. Members benefit from regular updates on association activities, strategy and happenings in Brussels; via calls and email updates.

Members are also invited to the EWABA General Assembly which takes place annually in Brussels, and is a chance for all members to meet with each other and discuss actions from the previous year and the association’s strategy going forward. Being a member of EWABA is a statement to the European Commission and wider community that you are committed to reducing emissions through the production of waste-based and advanced biodiesel.

How is the cost of membership calculated?

Membership rates are based on the volumes of waste feedstocks or waste-based and advanced biodiesel that you process; this approach ensures rates are affordable for organizations of all sizes.

How many members do we have?

EWABA currently has 37 members who operate in 19 European member states.

Member initiatives

Read about some of our members latest initiatives.

EWABA joins LIFE Bio-Lubricant project

In September 2022, EWABA joined as Communications and Dissemination partner a new LIFE Programme project named ‘Implementation of a value chain for the exclusive recycling of waste bio-lubricants and their regeneration through the production of new bio-lubricants’. The LIFE Bio-Lubricant project (acronym) is co-funded by the European Commission under the auspices of the European Climate, Infrastructure and Environment Executive Agency (CINEA), and has a life duration of 33-months.

Project LIFE Bio-Lubricant has a total of four partners. The coordinator and responsible for the overall management of the project is A.&A. Fratelli Parodi. Venanzieffe is responsible for for the waste lubricant mixture collection and the first purification process. Finally, Q8Oils Italia is responsible for supporting and informing its widespread customer base and for the re-processing of recycled oils to produce and market added-value bio-lubricant solutions.

Our member, Italian advanced biofuels producer Sabio Fuels, part of the APG Group along with A.&A. Fratelli Parodi, will have a significant role to play for to success of LIFE Bio-Lubricant project by dealing with the part of bio-lubricants that cannot be used to produce new recycled bio-lubricants. These excess components will be treated by Sabio Fuels and used to produce advanced biofuels.

Project concept, scope and objectives

The use of bio-lubricants as a replacement to mineral-based lubricants is constantly growing in the European market, both for reasons of sustainability and due to their lower environmental impact/higher CO2 emissions reduction. There is currently no separate collection of waste bio-lubricants (UVEO’S) from those of mineral origin in the European Union. This results in a potential loss of efficiency of the current lubricants regeneration processes due to the presence of the bio-lubricant fraction in the lube-waste and leads to the lack of the possibility to obtain new bio-lubricating products with a regenerated base, with the consequent use of greater quantities of virgin raw materials for their production. The lack of a dedicated supply chain is also reflected in the absence of industrial regeneration processes specialized exclusively in recycling.

To respond to this issue, the LIFE BIO-LUBRICANT project gathers partners and stakeholders of a new European value chain for the realization and demonstration of a short and efficient separate collection on a semi-industrial scale, and subsequent regeneration of exhausted bio-lubricants, currently collected without distinction from those of mineral origin. The project will build a new supply chain focused on the collection of used bio-lubricants in various industrial sectors (hydraulic oils in steel mills, fluids for metal quenching, dielectric fluids, neat and emulsifiable soluble oils for metal treatment, etc.

An innovative technology developed by project coordinator A&A Fratelli Parodi will then be demonstrated in real life environment for the removal of impurities and waste (water, metal residues, etc.), hydrolytic cleavage of the bio-lubricant part, Separation of any traces of mineral contamination, with the aim to finally reintroduce the used bio-lubricant in the value-chain by transforming through esterification the obtained fatty acids into new base oils. Moreover,  process  byproducts will form the base for advanced biofuels according to RED 2 Annex IX. LIFE BIO-LUBRICANT will increase the culture of separate collection and use of regenerated products in different manufacturing sectors. The objective of the project is the recovery and treatment of 1,000 tons of waste bio/synthetic esters, with production of about 700 tons of regenerated bio-lubricants (70%) and 200 tons of advanced biofuels (20%).

For more information on the project developments and results please follow our dedicated webpage.


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Prio

Maritime decarbonisation can be unlocked through higher biofuels blends!

Our Portuguese member PRIO announced a new international partnership with Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd. and World Fuel Services, incorporating higher biofuel blends to reduce maritime carbon emissions. Prio's waste-based biodiesel (ECO bunkers) allowed Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings to reduce CO2 emissions by 30%, avoiding 440 tons of CO2 in two of its cruise ships.

This new fuel, ECO Bunkers B30, is a 30% blend of advanced biofuel from waste feedstocks, produced at PRIO's biodiesel plant and blended at PRIO's tank terminal in Aveiro. The flexibility of this blending process makes it possible to scale production according to demand and adjust the percentage of Biodiesel mixtures (up to a 100% renewable product, which allows up to 86% GHG reduction), according to the needs of customers and objectives. of sustainability.


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Bioledger

Bioledger published a press release following the approval of the implementing act on revised standards for certification schemes. Under the new regime, full digital traceability will be required throughout the global biofuel and feedstock supply chain by January 2023. 

Digitising the entire supply chain before the end of 2022 is a significant challenge but it is the overhaul needed to compile a single accurate dataset on the biofuel supply chain incentivised by the European climate policies. The Commission is working with Voluntary Schemes and stakeholders including Bioledger to demonstrate security and scalability of the central database and it’s third-party data providers

Bioledger, an independent software provider established in 2019 specifically to address risks in biofuel supply chains, has been working with diverse biofuel businesses, auditors and regulators to design, build and scale the mobile and web based applications that enable them to demonstrate compliance with the new requirements.


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Renewable Energy Group (REG)

Renewable Energy Group, Inc. (REG) will install a state-of-the-art pretreatment facility in Germany, enabling the company to refine some of the lowest carbon intensity, hardest to convert waste fats and oils for bio-based diesel production. The project is located on the North Sea harbor of Emden, Germany at the border to The Netherlands. REG has selected BDI- BioEnergy International GmbH as the engineering, procurement and construction partner. 


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Greenergy

Advanced Biofuel Solutions Ltd (‘ABSL’), a developer and producer of advanced biofuels, and our UK member Greenergy, a leading manufacturer and supplier of waste-based biofuels, announced this year the signing of a Joint Development Agreement to develop, construct and operate up to five municipal waste-based biofuel plants in the UK.

Design work for the first plant to be situated at Ellesmere Port near Liverpool is underway and commercial production is due to commence in 2025. Subsequent plants are planned over the following years.


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BDI-BioEnergy International GmbH

Our Austrian member BDI-BioEnergy International GmbH celebrates 25 years! BDI gained international acclaim for its outstanding competences in both in-house development and the implementation of forward thinking and environmentally friendly technologies. The latter enables the profitable manufacturing of renewable energies through waste products and residual materials. BDI-BioEnergy International GmbH was in fact the first ever company to build industrial plants worldwide to convert used cooking oil and animal waste fats into top-quality biodiesel. Many of their patented technologies are the result of a long-term collaboration with local Styrian colleges including the Technische Universität Graz and the Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz.


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Renewable Energy Group (REG)

GoodFuels, the world-leading supplier of sustainable marine biofuels, and global producer and supplier of renewable fuels Renewable Energy Group, Inc. (REG) have entered a long-term agreement for the supply and development of sustainable marine biofuel solutions for the global shipping industry. 
 
With REG’s expertise in biofuels and GoodFuels’ pioneering strengths, both companies are playing an important role in enabling the decarbonization efforts for shipping companies.

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Prio

Our Portuguese member Prio has developed an environmentally friendly marine fuel that is currently available in ports across the Iberian Peninsula. The 'Eco-bunker' fuel has a 15% share of waste-derived biodiesel and is responsible for reducing CO2 emissions up to 18% and fuel consumption by up to 5%.


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Envien Group

Our Slovak member Envien Group supplies biodiesel B100 to road freight carrier Yellow Express, launching greener operations with high biodiesel blends for trucks through the Biojazda.sk project.

The Scania Group truck, tested by Yellow Express, and supplied by Envien’s Meroco plant, is fully adapted to burn B100 (100% biodiesel) fuel without fossil diesel into the mix or any engine modifications.The domestic Association for the production and use of biofuels (ZVVB) states that “with current renewable energy options, Slovakia is unable to meet its commitment of 14% of renewable energy sources by 2030. High biofuel blends in road transport are already possible and can represent a cost-effective solution to achieve additional CO2 savings.“ 


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Greenergy

Our member Greenergy has announced plans to produce low carbon fuels from waste tyre feedstock. The project, located near London, will utilise pyrolysis and hydrotreating technologies to convert waste tyres into renewable drop-in advanced biofuels. The process will also recover carbon black, a product that can be used in the circular economy to produce new tyres and other industrial rubber products.


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