Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council will more than halve its carbon footprint when its kerbside waste and recycling trucks swap diesel for a low-carbon biofuel this month. With carbon emissions up to 98 per cent lower than diesel according to government conversion figures, the move to hydrogenated vegetable oil will make the borough’s air cleaner and the council’s waste and recycling collections more environmentally friendly. As part of its work to tackle the climate emergency by becoming a carbon-neutral council by December 2025, the council already uses this biofuel in all 25 of its grass …
