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Title: There are twice as many garbage trucks in the US as ther


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Greening Garbage Trucks New Technologies for
Cleaner and Healthier CitiesTeleconference US
Conference of Mayors, March 23, 2005
Joanna D. Underwood President, INFORM
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Background
INFORM is an independent research organization
founded in 1974
  • It identifies environmentally sustainable ways of
    doing business
  • It offers thoroughly investigated, innovative,
    and effective options for change
  • It collaborates to promote environmental progress
  • Noteworthy INFORM Transportation publications
    include
  • Drive for Clean Air (1990)
  • Paving the Way to Natural Gas Vehicles (1992)
  • Harnessing Hydrogen (1995)
  • Bus Futures (2000)
  • Greening Garbage Trucks (2002)
  • The Transportation Boom in Asia (2005)


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Features of the Garbage Truck Market
Garbage trucks are among the oldest, least fuel
efficient, and most polluting U.S. fleet
  • Approximately 179,000 vehicles 136,000
    collection trucks, 12,000 transfer trucks, and
    31,000 recycling trucks
  • There are twice as many garbage trucks in the US
    as there are urban transit vehicles.
  • 40 of garbage trucks are more than 10 years old.
  • A garbage truck logs an average of 25,000 miles a
    year, the fleet travels 3.4 billion miles a year.
  • Garbage trucks get the lowest mileage of any
    vehicle type 2.8 miles per gallon

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Why fleets are switching the natural gas garbage
trucks
Drivers Behind Switch to Natural Gas Trucks
  • Surest compliance with clean air regulations
  • Addresses urban concerns about asthma and cancer
    risk
  • Improves quality of life (trucks are50-98
    quieter)
  • Economic feasibility
  • Federal funds help cover incremental vehicle
    costs and fueling infrastructure

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Findings Pioneering Natural Gas Fleets
INFORM survey of fleets operating alternative
fuel garbage trucks in 2002, updated in 2004
  • Natural gas is most common commercial alternative
    fuel used
  • Natural gas engines developed for buses making
    its way into the refuse hauler market
  • Short daily routes and central refueling are
    conducive to use of natural gas
  • Still, less than 1 percent of the garbage trucks
    in the US operate on natural gas

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Findings 2002 Natural Gas Garbage Truck Fleets
26 Fleets, 692 Natural Gas Trucks
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Findings Expansion of 2002 Fleets by 2004
966 Natural Gas Trucks, Up 40 10 Larger Fleets,
6 Smaller
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Summary of 2004 Update
Strong Growth in Existing and New Natural Gas
Fleets Since 2002
  • 40 growth in 2002 fleets, 274 net new trucks
  • 26 new fleets since 2002, 382 new trucks
  • 1,308 natural gas trucks now in 3 states
  • 89 percent growth in 2 years
  • LNG emerging as fuel of choice (79 in 2004, up
    from 68 in 2002)
  • California, Texas, and Massachusetts lead
  • INFORMs 2002 projection seems conservativenatura
    l gas is very strong

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Findings Natural Gas Garbage Truck Use Slowly
Increasing
INFORM Projected in 2002 Natural Gas Refuse Truck
Fleet to Triple by 2010
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Observations
  • Natural Gas Fleets A Winning Urban Strategy
  • Natural gas trucks are commercial options today.
  • Garbage trucks - centrally refueled and traveling
    short distances - make fueling infrastructure
    viable.
  • Significant funding can offset the costs of
    implementation.
  • Success relies on partnerships with fuel
    suppliers, refueling infrastructure builders,
    vehicle providers, and funding sources.
  • Natural gas, a domestically plentiful fuel, helps
    reduce fleet reliance on imported oil.
  • Natural gas use paves the way for a future
    transition to hydrogen.

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A Viable Path to Hydrogen
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Please visit INFORMs website for more
information www.informinc.org
Joanna D. Underwoodphone (212) 361-2400 ex.
222underwood_at_informinc.org
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