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Every week businesses that use oils to fry in generate millions of litres of used cooking oil. Much of this used to get poured into the drains, only to congeal and create “fatbergs” – but not anymore.
Innovations in technology, combined with a nationwide mindset shift around recycling, have given this product a vital second life – in our homes and workplaces, in our planes and on our roads.
Under mandates set by the government, all UK diesel now contains at least 7 per cent biodiesel, meaning that millions of cars are partly powered by the renewable fuel. Replacing fossil fuels with biofuels reduces the amount of carbon dioxide being added to the environment.
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