Sustainable fleets: adapting low carbon fuel technologies to the outputs of the food supply chain
Sustainable fleets: adapting low carbon fuel technologies to the outputs of the food supply chain
More stringent UK Transport Energy legislation, including the elimination of the fuel duty differential in April 2012 and the amendments to the Renewable Transport Fuel Obligations (RFTO) Order 2011, is forcing logistics firms to rethink their fuel policies. With new sustainability criteria requiring Greenhouse Gas (GHG) savings of at least 50% - 60% by 2018, some current bio fuels will soon not be entitled to renewable fuel certificates. The waste generated by the food supply chain presents opportunities for energy recovery and conversion into biofuel of use in transportation. Focussing on the fast food supply chain (FFSC), this paper determines the main advantages and challenges that road freight haulage fleets will encounter in adapting their fleets to utilise the waste outgoings of the FFSC sector.
Velazquez, A.
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Cherrett, T.J.
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September 2012
Velazquez, A.
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Cherrett, T.J.
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Velazquez, A. and Cherrett, T.J.
(2012)
Sustainable fleets: adapting low carbon fuel technologies to the outputs of the food supply chain.
17th Logistics Research Network Conference (LRN 2012), Cranfield, United Kingdom.
05 - 07 Sep 2012.
8 pp
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More stringent UK Transport Energy legislation, including the elimination of the fuel duty differential in April 2012 and the amendments to the Renewable Transport Fuel Obligations (RFTO) Order 2011, is forcing logistics firms to rethink their fuel policies. With new sustainability criteria requiring Greenhouse Gas (GHG) savings of at least 50% - 60% by 2018, some current bio fuels will soon not be entitled to renewable fuel certificates. The waste generated by the food supply chain presents opportunities for energy recovery and conversion into biofuel of use in transportation. Focussing on the fast food supply chain (FFSC), this paper determines the main advantages and challenges that road freight haulage fleets will encounter in adapting their fleets to utilise the waste outgoings of the FFSC sector.
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Published date: September 2012
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17th Logistics Research Network Conference (LRN 2012), Cranfield, United Kingdom, 2012-09-05 - 2012-09-07
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