Food waste powers airport buses
09.11.09
East Midlands Airport is testing environmentally-friendly passenger shuttle buses powered by organic waste. The airport is the first in the world to trial the Liquid Biomethane-powered vehicles. The gas used to power the buses is produced by the decomposition of biomass, such as food by-products. The gas is extracted from landfill sites or by-products produced by industries such as food manufacture.
Over the next 6 months the performance of the carbon neutral vehicles will be compared to that of existing diesel vehicles. Officials hope they will result in air quality improvements, a reduction in CO2 emissions and reduced costs. Airport officials said they are already halfway to their target of becoming carbon neutral from ground operations by 2012.
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