United Kingdom has introduced a bus powered entirely by human and food waste. The bus with a seating capacity of 40 people is named Bio-bus. The bus may provide a sustainable way of fuelling public transport reducing on pollution in cities. The first passengers to board the Bio-Bus were visitors to the UK who were commuting from Bristol Airport to the city of Bath. Bath Bus Company is operating this service and will be introduced to wider areas soon.

The Bio-Bus works on gas generated from sewage and food waste that?s unfit for human consumption. It helps vastly improve urban air quality as it produces far less emissions than traditional diesel engines. The bus can travel up to 300km on a full tank of gas produced at GENeco's Bristol sewage treatment plant. Running on waste products makes them renewable and sustainable. A full tank of gas for the bio-bus needs approx the annual waste of five people.

Look at the amazing advertisement on the body of the bus that shows the power of the 5 people !!

GENeco is the first company in UK to start injecting gas generated from food waste and sewage into the national gas grid network. Bristol sewage treatment works treats around 75 million cubic metres of sewage waste and 35,000 tonnes of food waste, collected from households, supermarkets and food manufacturers, every year. Through a process, known as anaerobic digestion, 17 million cubic metres of biomethane is generated annually at the Bristol plant. "Through treating sewage and food that is unfit for human consumption we are able to produce enough biomethane to provide a significant supply of gas to the national gas network that?s capable of powering almost 8,500 homes as well as fuelling the Bio—Bus" GENeco general manager Mohammed Saddiq said. The home generated green gas, biomethane is capable of replacing around 10% of the UK?s domestic gas needs.

The Bio-Bus has received support from many companies like the manufacturer of the bus, Scania, as well as companies including Roadgas, CNG Services Ltd, Dampney's Agri Environmental, Trant, Grontmij and AIR Decker. The Bio-Bus helps demonstrate the true value of separate food waste collections, which are now obligatory in many regions of UK.

UAE has also introduced waste segregation and is actively spreading awareness on the need to segregate food waste from other wastes. Though UAE is rich in oil, the country is pushing for greener and sustainable methods of transportation in many ways like the Dubai Metro and the just started TRAM services.