Waste Management of Illinois Inc. has dedicated what it says is the country’s largest commercial compressed natural gas (CNG) fueling facility in Illinois on April 19.
The facility in Stickney, Ill., is equipped with 55 "slow-fuel" stations for the company's CNG truck fleet. The company currently operates more than 30 CNG trucks in the Chicago area. It expects to have more than 80 in the area by the end of 2012, making it Illinois' largest commercial CNG refuse truck fleet.
"We are rapidly transitioning to using clean-burning fuels like CNG in our collection vehicles in the Chicago area," said Steve Batchelor, Waste Management area vice president for Illinois and Indiana. "Our new Stickney CNG facility represents a substantial commitment that will allow us to independently support our growing CNG fleet in Chicago and across northeastern Illinois."