Sunday 26 June 2011

DUTCH AIRLINES KLM TO USE COOKING OIL TO FUEL FLIGHT

As airlines are under EU pressure to cut carbon emission by 3% by 2012, Dutch airlines KLM plans to use recycled cooking oil, biokerosene derived from used frying oil, to fuel 200 flights between Paris and Amsterdam. KLM gets it's 'used frying oil' supply from hotels, restaurants and factories which is sent to the US for refining and currently only enough for 200 flights. Future flights will use biokerosene and expected to start in September 2011.

For detailed article visit  BBC

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