http://www.environmentalleader.com/2008/11/10/waste-management-fined-for-excessive-idling/ The Executive's Daily Green Briefing Sun, 22 Nov 2009 21:02:52 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2008/11/10/waste-management-fined-for-excessive-idling/comment-page-1/#comment-86890 Lynn Brown Fri, 14 Nov 2008 19:20:09 +0000 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2008/11/10/waste-management-fined-for-excessive-idling/#comment-86890 This is Lynn Brown, vice president of corporate communications at Waste Management. I came across your post and wanted to clarify that we take these issues very seriously. WM, both in Massachusetts and around the country, is committed to complying with the federal and state laws that apply to any of our operations. We're continually working to make sure unnecessary idling does not occur be retraining our drivers, doing morning walk-throughs, and more. In addition, we announced today that we have made a step forward toward attaining our goal of reducing our fleet emissions by 15% by 2020. We are field testing four prototype parallel hydraulic trucks in our fleet in Ft. Worth, Texas. These vehicles show great promise for the waste industry and we hope to spur innovation in creating more efficient engines for waste trucks. This is Lynn Brown, vice president of corporate communications at Waste Management. I came across your post and wanted to clarify that we take these issues very seriously. WM, both in Massachusetts and around the country, is committed to complying with the federal and state laws that apply to any of our operations. We’re continually working to make sure unnecessary idling does not occur be retraining our drivers, doing morning walk-throughs, and more. In addition, we announced today that we have made a step forward toward attaining our goal of reducing our fleet emissions by 15% by 2020. We are field testing four prototype parallel hydraulic trucks in our fleet in Ft. Worth, Texas. These vehicles show great promise for the waste industry and we hope to spur innovation in creating more efficient engines for waste trucks.

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