Walkers owner PepsiCo UK is upgrading many of its vehicles to run on vegetable oil and electricity in a bid to cut 1,200 tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions each year
The US owned food and drinks giant said it was going to replace diesel with hydrogenated vegetable oil for the 3,000 truck journeys it makes each year between the Quaker Oat mill in Cupar, Scotland, and Leicester, the home of Walkers – equivalent to a distance of one million miles. It said every mile powered by HVO will have 80 per cent less greenhouse gas than conventional diesel.
It is also introducing new electric vehicles to move the 40,000 pallets holding its crisps and snacks around PepsiCo’s distribution centre in Leicester. Both changes are expected to be rolled out by the end of next year.
