Recology, an employee-owned waste management company, has begun testing a hydrogen fuel cell-powered electric refuse collection vehicle developed in partnership with New Way Trucks and Hyzon. This marks the first trial of such a vehicle in the United States.
Recology, a 100% employee-owned waste management company, has begun testing a hydrogen fuel cell-powered electric refuse collection vehicle in San Francisco. This is the first trial of such a vehicle in the United States.
The truck was developed through a partnership between New Way Trucks, a refuse truck body manufacturer, and Hyzon, a fuel cell technology company. San Francisco is the first North American city to test this type of vehicle on its streets.
Salvatore M. Coniglio, CEO of Recology, said: “In our quest to help protect the environment and address climate change, San Francisco is once again leading the nation in testing new approaches and equipment.”
Eric Evans, Chief Product Officer for New Way, said: “Considering there are more than 140,000 refuse trucks operating across the market today, waste collection presents an ideal application to showcase the viability of hydrogen fuel cell technology across the environmental services industry.”
The vehicle will be tested on San Francisco routes for two weeks, followed by trials in other Bay Area cities. Additional tests are planned throughout California and Canada later in the year.
Parker Meeks, CEO of Hyzon, commented: “Our Hyzon high-performance hydrogen fuel cell systems offer the right technology to provide zero-emission power tough enough to perform the hard work a refuse truck needs to deliver, day in and day out.”
