Running Ribble Valley Council vehicles on vegetable oil ‘could slash emissions – but increase fuel bill by £97,000 a year’
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Switching Ribble Valley Council’s vehicle fleet from diesel to a vegetable oil fuel could cut carbon emissions by up to 90% – but also add an extra £97,000 to its annual fuel bill.
The council has bin lorries, vans, wagons, a tractor, a digger and six grass-mowing machines which could be converted to hydrotreated vegetable oil. In total, it has more 30 vehicles and machines in its fleet, including 12 bin lorries. Currently, the council’s two dog warden vans are electric powered. All the others use diesel.
Tests have been done by converting one bin lorry to use hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO). Now councillors are being asked to consider more options for the future.
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