Government report highlights benefits of waste-based biofuels

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Fuels made from waste more effective at cutting emissions than those generated from energy crops

The environmental benefits of biofuels made from food and energy crops has come in for questioning yet again, with the publication of a new government-commissioned report that concludes fuels made from...

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