Dive Brief:

• Waste Management of Middle Tennessee announced its latest compressed natural gas (CNG) fueling station in Nashville, Tennessee is now open.
• The fueling station is used for commercial fleets and retail use. 
• The company is converting its fleet to CNG, with 25 trucks in the local fleet already converted at this time. 45 additional vehicles are expected to be converted by 2017.

Dive Insight:

Waste Management is ahead of the goal it set in 2007 to reduce fleet emissions and increase fuel efficiency by 15% by 2020. According to the company, it has exceeded that goal eight years ahead of schedule. 350 million gallons of fuel were saved and 3.5 million metric tons of carbon dioxide eliminated by 2012. The company recently announced it intends to replace 40 vehicles in its Baton Rouge, Louisiana fleet with CNG, and plans to construct a fueling station in Walker, Louisiana.