Corporate Express to Use Biodiesel Blend

Corporate Express US said Monday it is now fueling the majority of its 45-truck delivery fleets in Colorado and Kansas with a 20% blend of biodiesel fuel.

The company said it is using Blue Sun’s Fusion B20 biodiesel, an ultra-low sulfur fuel  made from renewable crops, and 80% petroleum diesel.

Corporate Express US — a unit of Netherlands-based Corporate Express NV — is a business-to-business supplier of office and computer products and services. It had 2006 sales of about $4.9 billion in North America.

The use of B20 fuel, as compared to using regular petroleum diesel, will reduce carbon monoxide by 24%, hydrocarbons by 29%, particulates by 18% and nitrogen oxides by 4%, the company said.