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Clean diesel—at a price
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• Supermarket giant Sainsbury's has pushed up the fuel bill for its LGV fleet by £1,500 a year per vehicle by using cleaner diesel. And now the firm is lobbying the Government to bring the price of the cleaner diesel down.
All 196 vehicles in Sainsbury's LGV fleet have swtiched to City Diesel, which reduces particulate emissions, says the supermarket's first Environment report.
The move Follows a £50,000 pilot scheme at the company's distribution depot at Charlton, south-east London which achieved a 38% reduction in particulate emissions. It will cost Sainsbury's an extra £240,000 annually to extend the programme to depots at Basingstoke, Hants and Buntingford, Herts.
Figures show that the 196 vehicles travelled 22.1 million kilometres in 1994/95. These Figures do not include a distribution depot at Hoddesdon, Herts, which is managed by a contractor, and a further 16 contractor-managed depots.
It is estimated that nearly 800 vehicles move Sainsbury's goods in any one week.