Leading UK retailer switches forklifts to biodiesel
October 6, 2011
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In the UK, leading retail company, John Lewis, is using waste cooking oil from its in-store restaurants to produce biodiesel to power a Jungheinrich counterbalanced forklift truck at its distribution center at Brackmills, Northamptonshire.
The oil is collected directly from shop stores by John Lewis’s own delivery vehicles and brought back to the Northampton center where it is processed into biodiesel.
In total, John Lewis operates a fleet of over 70 Jungheinrich forklifts at the Brackmills Distribution Centre. Trucks in the fleet include VNA order pickers, reach and pallet trucks as well as counterbalanced forklifts. The majority of the fleet is electric-powered.
Category: Fuels
