Alpha Biofuels x X-Inc: Recycling Companies with Bold Visions

Alpha Biofuels is a local biofuels company that has been active in Singapore’s clean energy scene since 2004. Through recycling used cooking oil collected from F&B establishments across Singapore into biodiesel, Alpha Biofuels’s approach brings together different industries in exploring circular economy opportunities.

X-Inc is the parent of a group of companies that has been in the food business since the 1930s. Under its umbrella are FoodXervices Inc, GroXers Inc, LogiXtics Inc, X Properties Inc, and PlotX Inc – covering businesses from foodservice and retail to logistics and property. Since 2015, X-Inc has partnered with Alpha Biofuel in its sustainability journey by collecting used cooking oil from its F&B customers which is then recycled into biofuel for X-Inc's logistics fleet.

Alpha Biofuels recently also partnered up with stakeholders including Anglo American, Toyota Tsusho, and the Maritime and Port Authority to trial their recycled biofuel in ships. This move will potentially cut down on the carbon dioxide emissions released in the use of traditional marine fuel, in line with the sector’s ambitious decarbonisation goals.

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