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chocolate.jpgTwo British adventurers appear to have found the perfect way to fulfill the familiar New Year's Resolution to eat more healthily - while protecting the environment at the same time.

Rather than chomping through endless boxes of Christmas treats, the duo have managed to convert waste chocolate into biodiesel for a 2,600 mile road trip from Poole to Mali in West Africa.

Andy Pag, 34, and John Grimshaw, 39, used the chocolate biodiesel to fuel a Ford Iveco Cargo lorry and Land Cruisers for the lengthy trip, reported The Sun.

Pag said: "We wanted to do a trip that wouldn't have a detrimental effect on the environment."

But the pair haven't stopped there. They next plan to fly to China in a plane powered entirely by rubbish...

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