UAE truck fleet runs 5m km recycled oil

Following the launch of its innovative biodiesel campaign in 2011, McDonald's UAE will hit another milestone on December 15, 2015 when its fleet logistics trucks will reach across 5,000,000 km running on 100 per cent recycled vegetable oil from McDonald’s UAE outlets.
 
Introducing the initiative in the UAE in July 2011 with the support of Dubai FDI, the foreign investment promotion arm of the Department of Economic Development, McDonald’s UAE is the first quick service restaurant in the MENA region recycling all of McDonald’s UAE waste cooking oil for refueling the company’s logistics fleet to transport its goods throughout the Emirates.

Each of the 16 trucks is collecting used cooking oil from McDonald’s outlets across the UAE once to twice a day and converts it into 100 per cent biodiesel by McDonald’s UAE’s clean tech partner, Neutral Fuels. The biodiesel is then used to fuel the company’s logistics fleet.

The successful accomplishment of the collaborative effort between McDonald’s and Neutral Fuels highlights both companies commitment to use environment-friendly, alternative energy sources to reduce the carbon emissions.

Rafic Fakih, Managing Director and Partner at McDonald’s UAE said: “We are proud to announce the 5 million km milestone, an incredible result which has made a significant contribution to the reduction of our carbon footprint in the Emirates.”

Karl Feilder, Chairman of Neutral Fuels LLC, said: “This milestone demonstrates long-term commercial innovation in action and proves beyond a doubt that biodiesel is the most viable commercial alternative to old style fossil fuels.”