Labour councillors have been giving Falkirk Council’s green efforts the once over.
Provost Robert Bissett was joined by fellow councillors Alan Nimmo, Jack Redmond and Euan Stainbank on a tour of the council’s Dalgrain Depot in Grangemouth.
They met with waste services manager Barry Neil and fleet services manager Mark Cox about the progress being made ‘greening’ the council fleet.
Provost Bissett said: “The bin lorries are now run on hydrogenated fuel (HVO) which is a fuel made through hydrogenation and the hydrocracking of different feedstocks such as rapeseed oil or waste cooking oil.
“HVO reduces CO2 emissions from council lorries by 90 percent.”
He went on: “Electric cars are another way the council is reducing its carbon footprint and the council’s electric vehicles are now seen, out and about on the roads of the area.”
Provost Bissett said one of the things holding up the switch to electric was the lack of infrastructure for recharging vehicles.
Provost Bissett said: “I am sure this will come but progress needs to match demand as more electric vehicles are produced.
“Perhaps the future will be blue hydrogen technology which captures all the CO2 emissions produced whilst extracting hydrogen from natural gas.
“The planet certainly is in crisis so all of us, across the planet, have a duty to act responsibly and reduce the global temperature.”