Two significant natural gas vehicle (NGV) milestones have been reached by Waste Management, based in Houston, Texas, the leading provider of comprehensive waste management services in North America. The company has opened its 100th natural gas fueling station at a ceremony in Oklahoma City, attended by industry representatives and local and state officials. And it now has 6,000 natural gas trucks in operation. Read more »
Trillium To Build CNG Station For Athens Services
Athens Services, a waste-collection and recycling company based in Los Angeles County, recently selected Love’s Trillium CNG to design, build and maintain a CNG station for its fleet of refuse haulers. The new Compressed Natural Gas station further enhances California’s reputation as the USA’s leading state in CNG facilities. Read more »
Ghent Waste Management Fleet Adds CNG-powered Vehicles
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Belgium company IVAGO, a provider of waste management services to the city of Ghent, has added to its fleet ten new vehicles. All vehicles are powered by Compressed Natural Gas (CNG). To refuel the fleet, IVAGO has commenced construction of its own CNG filling station. Read more »
Turku Adopts LNG-Powered Waste Management Vehicle
Finnish LNG supplier Gasum is purchasing an LNG-powered truck for waste management in Turku. Liquefied Natural Gas has been available at a gas filling station at the Port of Turku since last autumn. This will be Scania’s first LNG-powered gas truck in Finland. Read more »
McNeilus Enhances CNG Meridian Front Loader
Meridian Front Loader at Waste Expo 2017
McNeilus Truck & Manufacturing, a U.S. manufacturer of refuse truck bodies, has boosted the durability and performance, as well as serviceability and liquid containment capability, of the Meridian™ Front Loader. The Meridian is available powered by Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) through McNeilus CNG Systems and Service. Read more »
Agility and McNeilus Upgrade Alliance to Serve US Fleets
A strategic alliance between McNeilus Truck & Manufacturing, Inc., an Oshkosh Corporation company and manufacturer of refuse truck bodies, and Agility Fuel Solutions — an international developer and manufacturer of all-composite cylinders and natural gas fuel systems for heavy-duty vehicles, has been further strengthen through a broader offering of services announced this week at WasteExpo 2017, May 8-11 in New Orleans, Louisiana. Read more »
San Diego Plans Fully-CNG Waste Collection Fleet by 2022
The city of San Diego, California is to switch its entire fleet of refuse and recycling collection trucks from diesel fuel to compressed natural gas (CNG) – a cleaner-burning fuel that significantly reduces greenhouse gas emissions and saves taxpayer dollars. Gradually replacing aged vehicles, the fleet will be fully transitioned to CNG by 2022. Read more »
Twin Cities Waste Collection Fleet Upgraded to CNG by Republic Services
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Republic Services unveiled a new compressed natural gas (CNG) fueling station and over 50 new CNG-powered trucks to serve customers throughout the Twin Cities region on May 2nd. The new CNG trucks are replacing older, diesel-powered trucks in the company’s Twin Cities-based fleet. Read more »
Pipeline RNG for Portland OR
Columbia Blvd Wastewater Treatment Plant
NW Natural, an independent natural gas utility headquartered in Portland, Ore., is partnering with the City of Portland to put Renewable Natural Gas (RNG) converted from the city’s largest wastewater treatment plant on its pipeline and into vehicles. The Portland City Council has authorized the construction of a RNG production facility at the Columbia Boulevard Wastewater Treatment Plant in north Portland that will recover and clean biogas to pipeline quality. The project will also include a natural gas vehicle fueling station. Read more »
US Waste Management Collection Fleet Now Exceeds 5,000 NGVs
CNG fuels waste collection in the festive season.
Waste Management (WM), a leading provider of integrated environmental solutions in North America, says it aims to face climate challenges head-on. As an outcome of this dedication to improved emissions outcomes, WM now operates more than 5,000 natural gas vehicles in North America. The company has just released its 2015 Sustainability Report, demonstrating the viability of natural gas as a transportation fuel. Read more »
