Dubai: Dubai Police announced the launch of an environmentally friendly initiative to fuel its buses with biodiesel produced from used cooking oil.
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Dubai Police plan to run buses on biofuel
Dubai Police announced the launch of an environmentally friendly initiative to fuel their buses with biodiesel made from used cooking oil
- Staff Report
- Published: 00:00 June 9, 2011
The initiative was announced on the occasion of the World Environment Day celebration, under the guidance of Lieutenant General Dahi Khalfan Tamim, Dubai Police Chief, who reiterated the commitment and pursuit of Dubai Police in implementing global best practices and environmentally friendly initiatives in the transport sector.
The launch comes as part of its efforts to provide a clean, safe and healthy environment and to achieve sustainable development, he added.
Marking the start of the first phase of the project, Lt. Gen. Dahi inspected the first bus which is compatible to use 5 per cent biodiesel.
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The used cooking oil required for producing biodiesel will be collected from within the organisations of Dubai Police, and the best international standards will be observed for the recycling and the production.
The biodiesel thus produced has environmental and economic benefits and will be used to fuel buses.
The Dubai Police Chief praised the cooperation of Lootah Biofuels, which won the Dubai Award for Sustainable Transport 2011 (Dast) in the Conservation of the Environment Category for its biodiesel initiative.
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