Waste Management Launches Waterloo Compressed Natural Gas Truck Fleet
Company Makes
“These new vehicles support our overall efforts of reducing carbon
emissions from our heavy duty fleet vehicles,” said
Waste Management (WM) has been a pioneer in the use of natural gas in its fleet since the early 1990s. The company’s North American fleet includes more than 32,000 collection and support vehicles, 18,500 of which are dedicated to collection activities. The company is committed to reducing the environmental impacts of these vehicles by reducing emissions and improving fuel efficiency and transitioning its fleet to natural gas.
With the largest heavy-duty truck fleet in
Waste Management operates 73 CNG fueling stations in
Background:
- For every vehicle that is converted to natural gas, use of diesel fuel is reduced by an average of 8,000 gallons per year. This reduces greenhouse gas emissions by over 22 metric tons per year, per truck.
- Vehicles powered by CNG emit nearly zero particulate emissions, cut smog-producing nitrogen oxide emissions by 50 percent compared to the cleanest diesel trucks, cut greenhouse gas emissions by over 20 percent, and are far quieter than diesel trucks.
ABOUT WASTE MANAGEMENT
Waste Management (WM) is the leading provider of comprehensive waste
management services in
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Waste Management
Luiza Adsett, 519-500-7171
Manager,
Communications
lfurtado@wm.com
or
Tim
Murphy, 416-580-2668
Director, Environmental Affairs
tmurphy3@wm.com