Health | FDA Four Loko Recycled Into Fuel Ethanol Widely banned drink proves useful after all By Nick McMaster Posted Jan 7, 2011 3:08 PM CST Copied In this Nov. 10, 2010 file photo, Four Loko alcoholic energy drinks are seen in the cooler of a convenience store, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File) With Four Loko banned in many states and being voluntarily pulled from shelves in others, there's quite a few cans of the stuff lying around in warehouses around the US. What to do with it all? Wholesalers from a number of southern states have been converting their excess stock into ethanol, with the help of MXI Enterprises, one of the three companies in the US that operates ethanol-recycling facilities, the AP reports. The scores of Four Loko cases lying around "could go directly into a landfill or incinerator or some other waste process that's not as environmentally friendly, so I think it's a good thing," says MXI's VP. Read These Next Defense officials react to Hegseth's Quantico meeting. Government shutdown is here. Here's what to expect. Colorado wants to give 'peace of mind' on Hunter S. Thompson. President asks nation's top generals to loosen up. Report an error