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It may be attacked by critics for selling unhealthy meals, but McDonald's claims to be doing its bit for the environment by running its fleet of trucks on used chip oil.
The fast-food chain says every vehicle In its 155-strong fleet will be converted to run on cooking oil derived from 900 of its restaurants. The oil will be combined with pure rapeseed oil to make high-quality biodiesel, although McDonald's hopes in time to run vehicles on 100% cooking di.
The decision by McDonald's and its distribution partner, Keystone Distribution, is expected to make a carbon saving of 1,675 tonnes every year when the national roll-out is completed equivalent to removing 2,424 family cars from the road. A trial of the initiative, which started last August, used 150,000 litres of McDonald's own cooking oil to create the EN14214-grade biodiesel.
The switch to environmentally friendlier fuel begins immediately, with half of Keystone's 45-vehicle fleet at Its Basingstoke distribution centre being converted, McDonald's senior vice president Matthew Howe says: "We've been sending our used cooking oil for recycling for sometime, but we're delighted to now have a practical, efficient use for it within our own business."