The UK Government is to spend around half of its £165 million Advanced Fuels Fund on five new sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) projects.
Some of the work to be funded includes converting household and commercial waste into around 300,000 tonnes of SAF, the Department if Transport announced.
"The successful projects include SAF plants in Teesside, Immingham and Ellesmere Port which will convert everyday household and commercial waste, such as black bin bags, into sustainable jet fuel", Transport Secretary Mark Harper said the projects could "help us make guilt free flying a reality".
As part of the official "Jet Zero Strategy", the projects will, Harper's department claimed, "create thousands of green jobs, level up the UK and slash carbon emissions by an average of 200,000 tonnes a year".
"Other successful projects include a SAF plant in Port Talbot which will convert steel mill off-gases into sustainable jet fuel and the early development of a SAF plant using carbon capture and hydrogen made from renewable electricity," the department continued.
The companies in line for funding thanked the government and praised it for showing "leadership" in the push for "clean aviation".
“Velocys is delighted to receive two grant awards from the Advanced Fuels Fund, which will help to accelerate the production of SAF at commercial scale in the UK using our technology," said Henrik Wareborn, chief executive of one of the recipients.