This low-emissions truck runs on recycled cooking oil

Biofuels are emerging as stopgap fuel for hard-to-abate sectors such as heavy transport, aviation and industrial processing.

Agnes King

Feb 8, 2024 – 5.00am

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In the quiet early morning of Melbourne’s south-eastern suburbs, an unassuming blue garbage truck is doing its rounds. Normally, this type of truck would consume roughly 21,000 litres of diesel a year, spewing about 57 tons of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere.

But this one is different.