Taiwan has enforced a 1% biodiesel mandate for all motor vehicle

Waste cooking oil will be collected from households and restaurants to produce the biodiesel required to fuel the vehicles. The higher cost of biodiesel will also be absorbed by state-run Chinese Petroleum Corp., Taiwan (CPC) and the private sector's Formosa Petrochemical Corp.

The mandate is expected to cut Taiwan's diesel consumption by 38.5 million litres a year, equivalent to about 1 million barrels of imported crude oil.

The Taiwanese government decided to roll out an island-wide biodiesel programme after a successful biodiesel trial in several parts of the island. More than 500 buses have been running on 2-5% biodiesel fuel blend in Kaohsiung City and Chiayi County in southern Taiwan since January 2007.