World Touring Car Championship coinverts to waste-based E10 and B10

In the UK, the 2009 World Touring Car Championship announced that it will convert to B10 biodiesel and E10 ethanol supplied by the Italian petrochemical firm Panta. The WTCC said that it would use ethanol made from industrial waste rather than food crops.

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