Boeing is considering unused wood from B.C., agricultural waste from Alberta and old cooking oil from China for the production of biofuels to create more efficient airplanes, the Globe 2016 conference in Vancouver heard Wednesday. Fariba Alamdari, vice-president of marketing for Boeing commercial planes, told a session on the role of business following the Paris climate conference in December that her company has a target of reducing its carbon dioxide emissions by 50 per cent of 2005 levels by 2050.
