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Waste Management opens first compressed natural gas fueling facility in New England

Published Oct. 24, 2012
By
Shauna Blackmon Contributor

Dive summary: 

  • Tuesday Waste Management and National Grid opened the first compressed natural gas fueling facility in New England.
  • The facility will fuel 48 new gas powered vehicles that will pick up garbage and recycling in Rhode Island.
  • Eventually the facility will house 80 vehicles, currently Waste Management has 1,700 natural gas trucks nationwide. 

From the article: 

 A new fleet of more environmentally friendly garbage and recycling trucks has been unveiled in Cranston.

Waste Management and National Grid marked the opening Tuesday of a new $2.8 million compressed natural gas fueling facility, the waste collection company’s first in New England. It also launched 48 new natural-gas powered vehicles that will be used to pick up garbage and recycling in Cranston, Providence and Woonsocket. ...

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