Dive Summary:

• Newark, New Jersey is adding five sanitation trucks, which run on compressed natural gas, to its existing fleet.
• The city will eventually replace its entire fleet to one which uses the alternative fuel.
• Beginning this year, Newark will also add new compressed natural gas street sweepers, and plans to add more every year.

From the article:

“Our intent is to purchase an additional 20-24 CNG sanitation trucks over the next four years, which would represent all of our daily-use sanitation trucks,” Allen said.

For Newark, the three considerations are economic, environmental, and social, which is in line with the City’s new sustainability plan, announced earlier this spring.