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<p>The 25 Year Environment Plan noted that the Government would explore different
infrastructure options for managing residual waste, including the production of biofuels
for transport and emerging innovative technologies.</p><p> </p><p>Under the Renewable
Transport Fuel Obligation (RTFO), biofuels reported as being made from waste have
risen from 12 per cent of total biofuel supply in the first year of the obligation
2008/09 to 66 per cent in 2017/18.</p><p> </p><p>Building on that success the Government
introduced changes to the RTFO last year which extended eligibility for rewards under
the RTFO to aviation fuels. We are also making available up to £20 million of matched
capital funding to projects that will produce low carbon waste-based fuels to be used
in aeroplanes and lorries through the Future Fuels for Flight and Freight Competition.</p><p>
</p><p>The Department is also discussing with industry whether fuels produced from
non-biogenic wastes, including those that are difficult to recycle, should be supported
under the RTFO.</p><p> </p><p>The Government’s new aviation strategy, <em>Aviation
2050 – The future of UK aviation</em>, will be published later this year. Through
consultation on that Strategy the Government is considering further policies it can
put in place to assist the long-term uptake of sustainable alternative fuels in this
sector.</p><p> </p>
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