In the UK, Heathrow, announced the launch of a new breakfast option, named The Fly Up, which is cooked with oil that is then cleaned and recycled into renewable biofuels. The Heathrow Fly Up has been created in partnership with chef Heston Blumenthal to create awareness of SAF in response to only 14% of travellers having heard of it, despite the fact it will play a key role in reducing the carbon footprint of the aviation industry. Heathrow has made the switch to HVO biodiesel with over 95% of its operational diesel fleet now run on the fuel. Heathrow works with waste management service Quatra to collect, clean and recycle the used cooking oils from the Fly Up breakfast. Following collection, the cooking oils and fats undergo treatment and purification to remove organic impurities and water. The processed used oil is then forwarded to Quatra’s partners and transformed into biofuels including SAF and Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil. Matt Gorman, Director of Carbon at Heathrow said: “By demonstrating how cooking oils can be converted into biofuels, we want people to understand how SAF is a real solution to decarbonize aviation and show how we’re continuing our mission to get to Net Zero by 2050.”
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