The Leesburg Town Trolley has begun running on vegetable oil thanks to John Larson, who sells waste vegetable oil he collects from local restaurants. Larson picks up used oil at the China King restaurant in downtown Leesburg.

Photo: Dayna Smith, Washington Post

Tagged: energy, environment, Leesburg, transportation

The Leesburg Town Trolley has begun running on vegetable oil thanks to John Larson, who sells waste vegetable oil he collects from local restaurants. Larson picks up used oil at the China King restaurant in downtown Leesburg.

Photo: Dayna Smith, Washington Post

Tagged: energy, environment, Leesburg, transportation

The Leesburg Town Trolley has gone green by running on vegetable oil, thanks to John Larson, who sells waste vegetable oil he collects from local restaurants.

Photo: Courtesy of Kathleen R. Leidich, Assistant to the Town Manager

Tagged: energy, environment, Leesburg, transportation

John Larson, who provides the Leesburg Town Trolley with waste vegetable oil to run on, checks in with the trolley as it makes a stop. Larson collects the oil from local restaurants.

Photo: Dayna Smith, Washington Post

Tagged: energy, environment, Leesburg, transportation

A bottle of the cleaned oil that the Leesburg Town Trolley now runs on. Resident John Larson procures waste vegetable oil from local restaurants to provide the trolley with fuel to run.

Photo: Dayna Smith, Washington Post

Tagged: energy, environment, Leesburg, transportation

John Larson checks in with the trolley as it makes a stop.

Photo: Dayna Smith, Washington Post

Tagged: energy, environment, Leesburg, transportation