Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 35551

Aviation: Fuels

Tabled: 4 March 2025

Answered: 11 March 2025

Question

Harriet Cross

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to ensure (a) forestry timber, and (b) recyclable waste wood remain ineligible as feedstocks for the manufacture of sustainable aviation fuel.

Answer

Mike Kane

Biofuel feedstocks under the Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) Mandate must be wastes or residues. The use of wastes in SAF production must adhere to the waste hierarchy, which ensures the best end use of a material. The waste hierarchy requires that only w...

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