Sustainable Transport by McCulla
Turning Food Waste into Fuel
NI's First Waste-to-Energy Transport Fleet
For many years we have been on a mission to remove fossil fuels from our fleet. In 2021, this dream became a reality. We now have a fleet of gas-powered trucks that run on 100% renewable bio-methane gas, which we produce on-site using food waste collected from businesses across Northern Ireland.
A Closed Loop From Food Waste to Fertiliser
At our state-of-the-art biogas plant, we use world-class manufacturing standards to convert food waste into electricity to power our cold stores and natural biogas to fuel our trucks.
What’s more, the biogas plant produces a highly efficient biofertiliser as a by-product of its processes, which we can supply to farms for use in NI’s food production.
It really is a full circle process that reduces waste to an absolute minimum right across our supply chain.
Sustainable Transport by McCulla
Turning Food Waste into Fuel
A Closed Loop From Food Waste to Fertiliser
At our state-of-the-art biogas plant, we use world-class manufacturing standards to convert food waste into electricity to power our cold stores and natural biogas to fuel our trucks.
What’s more, the biogas plant produces a highly efficient biofertiliser as a by-product of its processes, which we can supply to farms for use in NI’s food production.
It really is a full circle process that reduces waste to an absolute minimum right across our supply chain.
Fresh Thinking for a Cleaner Future
We all have a role to play in creating a cleaner, greener future for our local communities and the planet. This pioneering concept will allow us to phase out diesel in favour of gas to completely remove fossil fuels from our truck fleet.
By partnering with us for your transport and storage needs, together we can:
✔️ Divert thousands of tonnes of food waste from landfill
✔️ Slash transport CO2 emissions by 93%
✔️ Reduce noise pollution with quieter gas trucks
✔️ Make food storage greener by using our carbon neutral cold stores
Fresh Thinking for a Cleaner Future
We all have a role to play in creating a cleaner, greener future for our local communities and the planet. This pioneering concept will allow us to phase out diesel in favour of gas to completely remove fossil fuels from our truck fleet.
By partnering with us for your transport and storage needs, together we can:
✔️ Divert thousands of tonnes of food waste from landfill
✔️ Slash transport CO2 emissions by 93%
✔️ Reduce noise pollution with quieter gas trucks
✔️ Make food storage greener by using our carbon neutral cold stores
What our Customers Say
“This partnership with McCulla underlines our commitment to developing sustainable and innovative solutions which create real impact in every area of our business. From using renewable electricity to power our stores to advancing our Plastic Pledge and introducing numerous in-store initiatives to reduce waste, Lidl Northern Ireland is leading the way.
We’re thrilled to now be the first supermarket retailer to successfully integrate the first waste-to-energy sustainable transport model. McCulla’s fleet covers more than 2,300 road miles per day, ensuring the safe and timely delivery of fresh and chilled foods to more than 300,000 weekly customers across our regional store network. The introduction of this new ‘green fleet’ operating on fully renewable biomethane as its primary fuel source will save more than 93% in carbon emissions due per bio-methane truck.
We’re proud to work alongside McCulla to pave the way for the sector and for Northern Ireland in driving a cleaner, greener economy through responsible business practice.”
Conor Boyle, Regional Director for Lidl Northern Ireland
