Edinburgh airport has started using a form of vegetable oil to fuel its some of its ground vehicles to reduce its carbon emissions.
The Scottish airport has converted 34 of its airside vehicles from diesel tousinghydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO), which is a renewable fuel capable of removing up to 90% of CO2 emissions.
Gordon Robertson, the airport’s director of communications and sustainability, said:“Introducing the use of vegetable oil in our airside vehicles is part of our strategy to means we can now actively chip away at our emissions by replacing diesel with a renewable fuel source, driving down our environmental impact as we look to deliver a more sustainable future for the airport.”
Edinburgh airport plans for another 30 airfield vehicles to be switched to HVO in the next few months and it has also installed an on-site HVO fuel pump.