Waste Management has opened its new compressed natural gas (CNG) fleet facility in Walker, La., the company announced. The new CNG facility will fuel trucks servicing the greater Baton Rouge, La., area.
Waste Management Opens CNG Facility in Louisiana
Waste Management has opened its new compressed natural gas (CNG) fleet facility in Walker, La., the company announced. The new CNG facility will fuel trucks servicing the greater Baton Rouge, La., area.
by Staff
October 2, 2015
Photo courtesy of Waste Management.
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In February 2014, Waste Management officials announced that they would begin a conversion of their truck fleet in the Baton Rouge area to CNG in the fourth quarter of 2014, and the project was anticipated to last six to eight months. Construction of the CNG facility began in May 2015.
Waste Management’s CNG-powered vehicles cut smog-producing nitrogen oxide (NOx) emissions by up to 50 percent compared to the cleanest diesel trucks, the company said. Each pre-2007 Class 8 diesel truck replaced with a natural gas vehicle reduces diesel use by an average of 8,000 gallons per year and cuts annual greenhouse gas emissions by over 48,000 pounds annually.
Waste Management operates over 4,100 heavy-duty natural gas trucks nationwide and has the largest CNG waste collection fleet in North America, according to the company.
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