PepsiCo launches HVO-fueled logistics in the UK

In the UK, PepsiCo announced a series of new innovations across its logistics operation, which are set to lead to a 1,200 metric ton reduction in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions each year across its UK supply chain once fully rolled-out.

Starting this month, PepsiCo will power more than one million miles of truck journeys in the UK each year with used cooking oil. Working with its haulage partner, Pollock (Scotrans) Ltd, the Hydrogenated Vegetable Oil (HVO) will replace diesel and will be used on trucks travelling between the Quaker Oat mill in Cupar and Leicester, the home of Walkers. Every mile powered by HVO will have 80% less GHG emissions when compared with conventional diesel.

Since 2017, all of the company’s UK manufacturing sites have used 100% renewable electricity, with waste from producing Walkers crisps being used to make animal feed and biofuel, as well as fuelling its special anaerobic digestor. The anaerobic digestor alone generates 25% of electricity for the Leicester manufacturing site.

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