New CNG Fueling Station in Chino, Calif. from Waste Management

Waste Management of Southern California has opened a new compressed natural gas (CNG) fueling station in Chino, California, designed to increase access to clean-burning fuel in the region.

Noted City of Chino Mayor and Vice Chairman of the South Coast Air Quality Management District’s Governing Board Dennis Yates, “By increasing accessibility to cleaner burning compressed natural gas fuel to fleets in Chino and beyond, we are taking positive steps to protect Southern California’s air quality as we work toward achieving greater sustainability.”

The public fueling station will refuel Waste Management’s local fleet and sell CNG to commercial fleets and retail consumers with CNG-equipped vehicles. The company now operates 24 CNG trucks in the City of Chino and plans to replace the few remaining diesel trucks later this year, making its entire fleet serving in the City of Chino 100 percent CNG-powered.

“Since natural gas-powered collection trucks run cleaner and quieter, we’ve made the commitment to use more in our local operations, while also benefitting our community with the opening of a public CNG station,” said Larry Metter, area vice president for Waste Management of Southern California.”

CNG is said to reduce nitrogen oxide emissions by up to 50 percent compared to today’s cleanest diesel truck and cut greenhouse gas emissions by over 20 percent.

According to Waste Management, “each diesel refuse truck replaced with natural gas can reduce diesel use by an average of 8,000 gallons per year and cut annual greenhouse gas emissions by an average of 22 metric tons.”

Category: Fuel & Oil, General Update, Green