Waste Management Stuttgart (AWS) is very aware that it operates in a city challenged by excessive particulate matter pollution and where the city managers are formulating the terms and scope of a diesel ban, an action recently upheld by Germany’s Federal Administrative Court. To navigate the city for environmentally sensitive collection of waste requires specialised vehicles and a Euro VI natural gas fuelled solution is meeting the brief. Read more »
Remondis to beat German City Diesel Bans with Natural Gas Fleet
Clean, quiet and agile: IVECO Eurocargo with refuse collection system
Remondis, a leading international service provider in the field of recycling, service and water, is to begin the gradual conversion of a large part of its fleet of 8,000 commercial vehicles to natural gas. Their decision was announced last Monday in Munich at IFAT, the water, wastewater, waste and raw materials trade fair. Read more »
Arrow Services Opens its First CNG Station in LA County
Arrow Services, Inc., a Californian waste disposal and recycling company, has opened its first Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) fueling station in the City of La Puente. The station is a limited-access station, enabling it to also serve NASA Services, Inc., another local refuse service company which utilizes CNG vehicles. Read more »
Waste Management Plans South Carolina Facility with CNG-Powered Fleet
U.S. company Waste Management is expanding its operations by constructing a new, cutting-edge facility utilizing Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) at RiverPort Business Park in Hardeeville, South Carolina. The company will create 53 new jobs and invest USD 23 million at the new 25,000-square-foot facility, which will be located on Hwy 17, just off I-95 at Exit 5 in Jasper County. Read more »
Waste Management Exemplifies Energy Sustainability in U.S.
Waste Management, Inc. (WM), based in Houston, Texas, the leading provider of comprehensive waste management and environmental services in North America, has published its 2017 Sustainability Report Update. The company reports that as at Q3 2017 it was the owner/operator of 6,142 natural gas vehicles and 104 natural gas fuelling stations. 28 of these stations are open to the public. Read more »
Natural Gas Powered Waste Collection Positive for Bogotá, Trial Shows
Colombian natural gas pipeline operator Transportadora de Gas Internacional (TGI), together with energy suppliers Gas Natural Fenosa (GNF) and Ecopetrol, recently conducted a comparative test between a natural gas powered waste collection vehicle and a conventionally-powered vehicle. The results were presented on Monday this week and showed that natural gas garbage collection trucks are a great alternative to improve air quality in Bogotá. Read more »
Macks Now Available with CWI L9N Natural Gas Engine
Mack LR
Mack Trucks, Inc., part of the Volvo Group, is now offering its Mack® LR and TerraPro® models with the Cummins Westport L9N natural gas engine, enabling customers to meet near zero NOx emissions levels while providing excellent performance and efficiency. Mack made the announcement at the 2017 Canadian Waste & Recycling Expo in Niagara Falls, Ontario. Read more »
GAZ Group Presents Specialized CNG Models
GAZ Group, Russia’s largest manufacturer of commercial motor vehicles, has introduced new Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) models of specialized vehicles – a garbage truck with rear loading and a repair mobile workshop created on the base of a GAZon Next CNG medium-duty truck. Read more »
PitPoint Builds Belgium’s Largest CNG Filling Station
The site of IVAGO (‘Intercommunal Waste Management Association in Ghent and Regions’) is now home to the largest natural gas fueling station in Belgium. Officially inaugurated on October 6th by Flemish Minister of Energy, Bart Tommelein, and Chairman of the Board of Directors of IVAGO, Tine Heyse who collaborated to perform the first fiill with CNG. Read more »
Monterrey Waste Collection Introduces New CNG Fleet
Headquartered in the city of Monterrey, Nuevo León, waste management company Red Ambiental (tr. Environmental Network) has added 11 new Kenworth-brand waste collection trucks powered by Compressed Natural Gas (CNG). These join five existing CNG vehicles and were introduced as part of the company’s 20th anniversary celebrations. Read more »
