Toronto's green bin program may power next generation waste trucks.
Toronto’s ‘digestible’ green-bin waste moves through the Dufferin Transfer Station on its way to becoming reusable compost, but since 2002 the methane generated has been flared. That is about to change, reports The Star, with the city’s solid waste management department considering a plan to harness the renewable biomethane fuel. Department General Manager Geoff Rathbone will reportedly present the plan in May, which could see up to 285 waste haulage trucks operating on biomethane, following a pilot program to begin later this year.
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Hydrogen producer Praxair, Inc. and Praxair Canada have signed a strategic alliance with Canadian hydrogen fuelling systems provider company Powertech Labs, Inc. to jointly market and sell Praxair’s hydrogen and Powertech’s hydrogen fueling equipment to materials handling customers, specifically to distribution centers for hydrogen fuel-cell powered forklifts. Eamonn Percy, Powertech president, said “Distribution centers with large materials handling fleets are realizing the benefits of hydrogen fuel-cell powered forklifts. This alliance will help increase their productivity while potentially decreasing costs associated with operating traditional battery-powered forklifts.”
