At the Centre County Recycling and Refuse Authority, much of their fleet is fueled by natural gas. 鈥淭en years ago, garbage trucks and recycling trucks started running on natural gas. Now, 65 percent of the new garbage trucks are natural gas garbage trucks.
But most of the non-recyclable trash gathered in Centre County goes to Cambria County, to the Laurel Highlands landfill. 鈥淚t鈥檚 about 65 to 70 miles, so yeah, it鈥檚 a pretty good haul.鈥�
That mileage covered using diesel powered trucks, but last week a new fleet rolled out, with new upgraded engines, powered by natural gas. 鈥淲e believe it is going to have the power to pull eighty thousand pounds to the landfill in Johnstown. Which has quite a significant grade for the tractor. It鈥檚 a difficult task.鈥�
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Author: Gary Sanderson, 6 WJAC