News / Whitehall offers cash for schemes to turn household rubbish into HGV biofuel

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Firms that can turn household waste into fuel for Britain’s HGVs could be in line for government funding.

Industry bodies gave a mixed response to a Department for Transport (DfT) announcement that it would make more than £20m available for projects producing low-carbon waste-based fuel for aircraft and trucks.

Transport minister Jesse Norman said: “We are making funding available to innovative businesses which will lead the way in developing alternative fuels that are efficient, sustainable and clean.

“We want every new car and van in the UK to be zero-emission ...