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The Minister of Sustainable Development, Benito Mercader, has revealed that, according to data collected until last May, have already collected about 6,000 gallons of used cooking oil in the region of Murcia since it was set up campaign recycling earlier this year, campaign arrived in Cartagena in February.
When the end of 2008 is expected to reach the figure of 60,000 liters, an amount that, according to Mercer, would be enough to start generating biodiesel, the fuel of the future, to replace oil.
According to Benito Mercador, the objective of the Ministry of Sustainable Development is that in two years, all public transport in the region of Murcia run on biodiesel and is made using recycled oil.
This was one of the conclusions reached last week during the celebration of the Week for Biodiesel.
In this way, and in order to comply with European directives, in 2020 20 percent of fuel used in the regions of Europe will be biodiesel, which will reduce by 35 percent the carbon dioxide emissions It is produced from oil today.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena
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