'Grease to Greece' project to highlight transport uses for waste oils
Mon 11 August 2008
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The "Grease to Greece" rally, which set set off to drive all the way to Athens from London in mid-August, aims to show the potential for waste oils - including chip fat, left-over cooking oil and burger van grease - to be used as road transport fuel were set to arrive on schedule on 27 August.
Vehicles participating in the challenge included a London taxi and a burger van which supplemented its fuel by using the left over grease from cooking snacks. Organiser Andy Pag took a Peugeot 405, with a special purification machine called an “Oilybits centrifuge” which converts vegetable oil into bio-diesel, while others used a portable FuelPod2 domestic biodiesel processor provided by sponsors Green Fuels.
The rally of 11 vehicles was organised by the 34-year-old Pag, whose day job is to run an online wedding business. The competitors traveled through France, Belgium, Germany, Austria, Italy, Croatia, Serbia and Albania before arriving in Greece. Once in Athens, the teams were welcomed by the British Embassy and presented with the Golden Lard Award.
Pag last year drove from the UK to Timbuktu in a lorry powered by biodiesel made from waste chocolate, said “The aim is to see if it’s possible to travel long distances without filling up at petrol stations. It’s not going to be easy, but all the teams are determined to give it their best shot. We are in the hands of Europe’s kebab shops.”
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