The Met rely on Vegetable oil to chase the criminals?

The Metropolitan Police Service is taking to the streets in their new greener powered motors to deliver their groceries!

In an attempt to be pro-environmental, the police are recycling their waste to vegetable oil that will power the cars that deliver their food supplies in a bid to reduce harmful emissions and lower their C02 footprint. In collaboration with energy experts Convert2Green and catering suppliers 3663 First for Foodservice, the new scheme will deliver food from food!

There are 93 Met Canteens across the London boroughs that will recycle their left over cooking oil and this will be placed into the police vehicles as fuel. As part of a mixture of 30% bio fuel with 70% diesel, the new energy will mean massive carbon savings for the planet.

At the same time as trying to save the planet from the nasty’s of powerful diesel cars, the new scheme will also hope to reduce the amount of oils used in the canteens across the boroughs and promote healthier lifestyles in the form of healthier food and what better than to use some of the cooking oil for cars and not tummy’s!

From its introduction in March 2010, the scheme has currently saved 18.23 tonnes of C02 and nearly 9000 litres of oil that was wasted has been used productively. According to a recent survey, the following cars have been voted as chiefly ‘green’;

VW Polo 1.2 TDI 75PS BlueMotion
Skoda Fabia Estate 1.2 TDI 3 cylinder
Volvo C30 1.8F Flexifuel
Toyota iQ 3dr Hatch Manual 5
Suzuki Alto 1.0 Hatch 5dr Manual 5-

The campaign is hoped to influence other principal companies to follow their lead and what better platform than the Police to pilot the scheme and use their authority for the greater good. If it not only helps the planet but also reduces waistlines, everyone is a winner!