What's Next for Four Loko? Try Four Loko Unleaded.

by Slashfood Editor, Posted Jan 7th 2011 @ 4:00PM

Four Loko cans Photo: Joe Raedle / Getty Images

After numerous accounts of alcohol poisoning, car accidents and assaults, Four Loko beverages were removed from many store shelves, but they've found a new home -- in the gas tank of trucks.

MXI, a processing and disposal company, has a contract to take discontinued Four Loko beverages and turn them into a blended gasoline.

"Wholesalers from Virginia, North Carolina, Maryland and other East Coast states started sending cases of the high-alcohol, caffeinated malt beverages to MXI Environmental Services in Virginia after the Food and Drug Administration cracked down on the sale of such beverages in November," says Chicago Breaking Business News.

Continue reading: Recycling to put a Four Loko in your tank

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