Trucks Tailormade will now run in city on biofuel from waste

HVO (Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil) is made from various waste streams from the food industry (such as vegetable frying oil). That fuel from waste produces as much as 90% less greenhouse gas emissions compared to conventional diesel. It also produces 33% less particulate matter, 30% less hydrocarbon gas and 9% less NOx. A big advantage is that there is no need to convert trucks for this purpose. Thus, the conversion can be done at very short notice. But, HVO has two disadvantages: the fuel is about 50% more expensive than diesel and its availability is quite limited. Gert Snel from Deinze made headlines eighteen months ago by being the first (and only?) in Belgium to use HVO operationally.