BEIJING, Aug. 28 (Xinhuanet) -- Fuelled only by used cooking fat, eight teams completed a 4022.5km car rally from London to Athens in a bid to promote awareness of cheap and environmentally-friendly bio-fuels, according to Thursday's media reports.    

    The "Grease to Greece" race, the brainchild of 34-year-old Londoner Andy Pag, took the teams on a 10-day mission across Europe in which they begged oil to fuel their cars from restaurants, motorway cafes and fast-food joints along the way.

    The race ended on Wednesday with a ceremony at the British Embassy in Athens where Ambassador Simon Gass presented a Golden Lard award to the team.

    Pag paid only 227kg for his second-hand Peugeot 405 and spent nothing on fuel since leaving London -- saving the equivalent of what he paid for the car.

    An experienced eco-traveller, Pag drove to the desert town of Timbuktu in Mali last year using a truck powered by waste chocolate. His next scheme is a round-the-world trip next year using aviation fuel made from recycled plastic bags.

        (Agencies)