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November 3, 2015
United Biscuits expands use of UCO biodiesel in delivery fleet
United Biscuits (UB), the one of the leading international manufacturers
of biscuits, cakes, and snacks, has extended its initiative that
leverages used cooking oil (UCO) to power its delivery vehicles.
The UK-based manufacturer of Jaffa Cakes now has a total of 16 vehicles
running on Ultra Biofuel brand biodiesel, which generates carbon savings
of up to 97% compared to traditional diesel.
UB’s 44-tonne vehicles have been converted and operate on a dual-fuel
system with Ultra Biofuel comprising 85% of the total fuel consumed.
Rob Wright, UB’s head of distribution, is pleased the company’s biofuel
project has demonstrated the potential of power from waste.
‘The benefits of recycling UCO from our food factories is another step
along UB’s green journey, which has already seen us make significant
gains in reducing carbon emissions across our logistics business,’
Wright says.
The use of the biodiesel generates an overall CO2 saving of 82.5%, which
is the CO2 equivalent to removing 1.5 million truck miles from the road
per year.
UB converted an additional six Euro VI vehicles to run on biodiesel as a
result of the biofuel project’s success following its initial launch in
2012, when the company formed a consortium with Convert2Green and the
University of Leeds Energy Institute and participated in the Department
for Transport’s Low Carbon Truck Trial.
The University of Leeds carried out extensive testing and analysis in
real world conditions during the trial and published three papers
containing the results.
In addition to proving the CO2 benefits, there was also a significant
reduction in particulate emissions with no deterioration in engine
performance or fuel consumption.
The move to Ultra Biofuel is part of a series of commitments from UB to
reduce carbon emissions across its logistic operations, which have
already seen a total decrease of 43% in CO2 since 2005.
This includes the introduction of 62 trailers that are two metres longer
than regular ones to UB’s delivery fleet, operating under an extended
Department for Transport trial.
These trailers carry 15% more pallets and help to reduce road miles by
450,000 per annum.
‘We firmly believe that this approach and technology is scalable and we
hope to set a precedent that other organisations will follow,’ says Wright.
In September, the UB partnership won the ‘Low Carbon Fuel Initiative of
the Year’ at the Low Carbon Vehicle Champions Awards and earlier this
month these and other initiatives were also recognised in UB being
awarded the ‘Freight Operator of the Year’ at the UK National Transport
Awards.
Both projects form part of the company’s multi-award winning ‘Fewer and
Friendlier Miles’ campaign, which has removed a total of 30 million
truck miles from UK roads since launching in 2005.
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