In its investigation of garbage truck projects in the US, Japan, and the Netherlands, INFORM found that cleaner fuels and quieter garbage truck technologies have significant potential to revolutionize this vital fleet sector. In addition, diesel garbage trucks generate noise levels that can be high enough to cause “serious hearing damage.” This air and noise pollution is delivered to virtually every street in America.ĭiesel-powered garbage trucks pose significant threats to the environment, to the health of residents in the communities they serve, and to the workers who maintain and operate them. While these vehicles perform a vital public service, their emissions contain large quantities of gases, fine particulates, and more than three dozen toxic contaminants. INFORM found that 179,000 waste collection, waste transfer, and recycling vehicles are on US roads today - 91% of them diesel-fueled and most of them old.
However, one element of the waste management industry that often goes unnoticed, yet has significant impacts on health and the environment in cities coast to coast, is the vast garbage truck fleet that processes this country’s garbage.
Public concerns regarding waste normally focus on its growing quantities or on the dangers posed by landfills to the environment. The refuse business serves a critical function in American society, collecting garbage from over 75 million homes, 7 million businesses, and 100,000 government enterprises. INFORM’s new report investigates the role that the 179,000 waste collection, waste transfer, and recycling vehicles on US roads play in generating vehicle emissions that threaten public health in cities coast to coast.
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