Newton Aycliffe waste recycling company heavily invests in future with 'economic' fleet

Waste recycling and sustainability firm Warrens Group has updated the company’s fleet with four new vehicles that run on biofuel.

The Newton Aycliffe-based business, which is committed to converting all of its distribution operations to fossil-free sources by 2025, has taken delivery of trucks that rely on biomethane gas and generate 84 per cent percent less carbon dioxide than diesel.

The vehicles make Warrens the first food waste recycling company in the UK to power its HGV waste collection vehicles with biogas converted directly from its own food waste customers.

Warrens Group’s director, Antony Warren, said: “As a company, we pride ourselves on our forward-thinking, we’ve always been early adopters of the latest technology and methods.

“We took delivery of our first bio-fuelled vehicle in September last year and had always planned to add more.”

The new biomethane powered trucks will be in operation six days a week, with refuelling carried out on site at the Newton Aycliffe facility.

They will collect food waste from existing customers including pubs, restaurants, schools and supermarkets across the North East.

Gas industry advisor and managing director of CNG Services, John Baldwin, added: “The acquisition of trucks that are powered by the biomethane gas they help to generate means CO2 emissions are reduced by almost 100 per cent - which could very possibly give Warrens Group the lowest carbon footprint for collection of food waste on the planet.”

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