Waste Management makes commitment to new fuel

 

Waste Management has launched a new fleet of 25 trucks in Louisville, Kentucky, which use clean-burning compressed natural gas (CNG) as fuel. The vehicles will replace heavy-duty collection trucks typically used by the company.

A 24-hour CNG fueling station also joined Louisville, providing original infrastructure to help serve the commercial fleet managers and private individuals who need CNG fuel for their vehicles.

“Since natural gas-powered collection trucks run cleaner and quieter, we’ve made the commitment to use more in our local operations and support sustainability in this community by opening a public CNG station,” said Tim Wells, area vice president for Waste Management in Kentucky, Alabama, Arkansas and Tennessee.

Every additional CNG truck that Waste Management adds to the fleet will help reduce greenhouse gas emissions by an average of 22 metric tons and saves 8,000 gallons of diesel fuel a year.

The effort is part of Waste Management’s larger commitment to sustainability, and will help the company reach a goal set in 2007 to improve fuel efficiency by 15 percent and reducing fleet emissions by 15 percent by the year 2020.

“Waste Management already operates over 1,400 CNG vehicles, the largest fleet of CNG recycling and waste collection trucks in North America,” said Eric Woods, vice president of fleet & logistics, Waste Management. “In 2012, natural gas vehicles will represent 80 percent of our annual new truck purchases.”

Waste Management makes commitment to new fuel

Tuesday, August 7th, 2012