Vegetable oils are considered as superior over petroleum oils for producing lubricants because of
some inherent properties it possess. Petro-based production of lubricants involves pollution generating
process of petroleum extraction as well as refinement while vegetable oils are made from
renewable resources. Vegetable oils also has the advantage of biodegradability, low-toxicity and do
not produce any harmful effects on aquatic life. All these qualities carry significant importance for
applications in environmental-sensitive regions, and situations where the danger of lubricants being
lost in the environment is higher.
Plant-based lubricants also ensure safety for the workers with low-toxicity, low volatile organic
compound (VOC) emissions and high flash point. Vegetable oils also score higher than petroleum
lubricants in terms of viscosity index that allows vegetable oils to stay thick even at higher
temperatures. Vegetable-based oils also enable reduction in friction in machinery components with
the presence of lubricity properties. Vegetable oil-based lubricants also play an important role in
achieving rural economic development by ensuring better livelihood for the farmers on the back of
robust demand for vegetable-based oils. Farmers are also benefited through joint ownership in the
companies that manufacture value-added vegetable-oil products.

Total Loss Lubricants

Equipment such as boats, motorcycles, lawnmowers, chainsaw use two-stroke engine oil. At the time of ignition of engine, unburned or incompletely burn oil is directly lost in the environment and causes harmful effects on water and aquatic environment. Using BLC-220 and BLC-230  vegetable-based lubricants can mitigate these threats with significantly lesser degree of emissions from the equipment. Moreover, the released fluid is non-toxic, biodegradable and enhances engine life.