SITA's launch ceremony for the Iveco Acco 230G cng-powered waste collection fleet.
Garbage collection in South Australia has just got cleaner following the introduction of CNG trucks to local fleets. SITA Environmental Solutions’ (SITA) brand-new fleet of kerbside collection vehicles was officially commissioned on the weekend. The vehicle of choice is the 6×4 IVECO ACCO, Model 2350G, which can run on either CNG or LNG. SITA’s 23 strong collection fleet will service the Northern Adelaide Waste Management Authority (NAWMA) council regions of Playford, Salisbury and Gawler with fortnightly recycling and garden and food organics collections and a weekly general waste collection.
The trucks will refuel at NAWMA’s new $2 million Elizabeth West CNG refuelling station which was also officially commissioned on Saturday by the South Australian State Minister for Science, Michael O’Brien and the Chairman of NAWMA, Councillor Brian Goodall.
The ACCO is powered by a Cummins 8.3 C Plus Natural Gas Engine, which is Euro 4 compliant. In addition to the CNG tanks, the trucks are fitted with on-board computers to capture data each time household bins are emptied.
NAWMA, which serves a population of around 230,000, manages over 150,000 collections of household waste, recyclables, garden and food organics from the kerbside each week.
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