Biodiesel reduces carbon dioxide emissions

North Yorkshire county council will meet on Wednesday to discuss converting its vehicles to run on bio-diesel in a bid to reduce carbon dioxide emissions.

They will look at the effectiveness of the green fuel which is made from crops or waste cooking oil and mixed with conventional diesel.

The fuel does not require any changes to vehicle engines.

If the idea is rejected, the use of bio-diesel is likely to become part of a larger package of road fuel research being conducted by the council.

Commercial production of the green fuel began at the UK's first large scale bio-diesel plant at Motherwell in April.

Leeds City Council and Easington District Council are among those already using biodiesel for many of their vehicles as an alternative to traditional fuels.