Article Source: Telegraph.co.uk

Grass cuttings could soon be used to power cars, under a scheme to transform garden waste into biofuel.

The Carbon Trust has announced it is working with the University of York to research how using microwave technology could turn garden and wood waste into biofuel.Using microwaves, the waste is heated in the absence of oxygen through a process called pyrolysis. The research will look at how this process could be used to produce a biofuel to blend with fossil fuel or use as a pure fuel.

According to the Carbon Trust, the carbon footprint of this new pyrolysis biofuel could potentially save 95 per cent of carbon compared to fossil fuels.

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