The firm currently operates in 125 vehicles in the city of which approximately one-third are NGVs. The “green” initiative also involves the installation of a natural gas refuelling station in Lakeland and the construction of a new materials recovery facility to process recyclables.
Republic Services is also adding 226 additional CNG trucks to its West Region this year. This will bring the total number of the company’s alternative fuel vehicles to more than 500.
Along with Clean Energy Fuels Corp., the company has signed a renewable biomethane recovery agreement to process and sell renewable natural gas recovered from Republic’s Sauk Trail Hills Landfill site in Canton, Michigan. The renewable natural gas will be distributed for vehicle fuel use to Republic natural gas fleets.
