Dive Brief:
- Republic Services has added 53 compressed natural gas to its sanitation and recycling fleet in Charleston, South Carolina.
- The new CNG trucks will replace vehicles that were using diesel fuel; the new trucks will fill up at a natural gas fueling station installed by Republic.
- The company owns 1,400 CNG trucks and 26 natural gas fueling stations in the U.S.
Dive Insight:
More than half of Republic's trucks acquired this year use a domestic fuel source. Many operations are choosing to add CNG vehicles to existing fleets, and also building natural gas fueling stations to service the vehicles.
