Biodiesel powered truck
October 1st 2011 At its distribution centre at Brackmills,
Northamptonshire, John Lewis is
turning waste cooking oil from its instore
restaurants into eco-friendly
biodiesel which it is using to power a
Jungheinrich counterbalanced forklift
truck.
The oil is collected directly from
shop stores by John Lewis's own
delivery vehicles and brought back to
the Northampton DC where it
undergoes the chemical process that
makes it suitable for use as a fuel.
The truck – which is mainly
employed to undertake a range of
general yard duties such as sorting,
stacking and unloading wooden
pallets and other packaging materials -
features a Volkswagen engine
approved for the use of biofuel.
In total John Lewis operates a fleet
of over 70 Jungheinrich forklifts at the
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