GROUNDBREAKING ecofriendly bus initiative has earned a major environmental award.
Stagecoach West Scotland’s Bio-bus project – which involves running buses on recycled cooking oil – won the award for Best Process at the VIBES (Vision in Business for the Environment) of Scotland Awards in Edinburgh.The accolade recognises the development and application of a new production technology that has made an outstanding contribution to sustainable development. And it’s the second honour the Bio-bus project has received in recent months, after it was also named Best Green PR Campaign at the inaugural Scottish Green Awards.

Scottish Green Awards
The inaugural Scottish Green Awards, created by Scottish Business Insider in association with ScottishPower took place on Thursday 1st October at the Science Centre, Glasgow.
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Stagecoach Bio Bus scoops top honours at bus and coach excellence awards [2008].
Stagecoach West Scotland’s BioBus project came out on top as Innovation of the Year after trialling the UK’s first vehicles to run on 100% recycled biodiesel. The biofuel is manufactured from used cooking oil and other food-industry by-products, which are from sustainable sources. The project also allows customers in the west of Scotland to exchange used cooking oil for discounted bus travel. Since the project began in October 2007, it has cut CO2 emissions from the buses by 80%, saved 1000 tonnes of carbon and more than 30 tonnes of used cooking oil has been recycled.