McDonald's off to a frier with cleaner trucks

21st July 2007

In the same week that tax duty was axed on biodiesel, the Big Mac creator said it will change all 155 vehicles by 2008.

The move will cut more than 1,650 tonnes of CO2 a year, and while burgers and fries will have been cooked in the oil, bosses claim the trucks won't smell of food. Meanwhile, supermarket Sainsbury's has fitted metal plates at its Northampton depot which produce electricity as HGVs drive over them.