UK: Army saves by topping up tanks with chip oil

Out of the frying pan into the firefight. British troops in Iraq, Afghanistan and other military bases around the world are to be told to recycle used cooking oil as fuel for military vehicles.

The Ministry of Defence (MoD) said it was planning the move on environmental grounds. However, others have pointed out that the MoD is trying to cut costs wherever possible to fund Britain’s two conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan.
The new plan may enable precious diesel to be bulked out with cleaned-up chip oil and other waste.

In addition, the recycled material could be sold on the domestic heating market.

British army bases produce huge volumes of oil from frying food and under the proposals announced last week in a Commons written answer, this would no longer be poured away.

Sunday Times