BIN LORRY RUNS ON WASTE.COUNCIL workers used parts of an old heating system to convert a bin lorry to run on cooking oil. Maintenance staff at Moray Moray, alternate spelling of Murray Moray. For Scottish names spelled thus, use Murray. Moray, council area and former county, Scotland Moray (mûr`ē) Council's depot in Elgin Elgin, town, Scotland Elgin, town (1991 pop. 18,702), Moray, NE Scotland, on the Lossie River. Lossiemouth is its port. Elgin is the market town for Moray's farm belt. Woolen textiles are manufactured, and scotch is distilled. designed and built their own conversion system from scrap after discovering a kit intended for the purpose did not work. Fleet manager Leslie Thomson said he was confident more vehicles would now be converted as part of the council's commitment to reducing their carbon footprint A carbon footprint is the total amount of carbon dioxide (CO2) and other greenhouse gases emitted over the full life cycle of a product or service. . The bin lorry runs on waste cooking oil collected from schools in the area. CAPTION(S): GREEN MACHINE: A council worker tops up the bin lorry's fuel tanks with cooking oil MARK WILLIAMSON Professor Mark H. Williamson OBE is professor emeritus of biology at the University of York. He is an expert on biological invasions. Williamson gained a BA from the Oxford in 1950 and received a D.Phil. eight years later, having been a demonstrator of at Oxford since 1952. |
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