Advanced Disposal expands CNG fleet in Illinois

Advanced Disposal, a Florida-based waste and recycling company, has opened a compressed natural gas (CNG) fueling station in Batavia, Illinois, its ninth nationally.

The company says it has 14 CNG waste and recycling collection trucks that will use the station and that number will increase as it replaces diesel trucks as they are retired.

“We’re proud of the fact that at the end of this year, approximately 15 percent of our fleet will run on CNG,” says Advanced Disposal CEO Richard Burke. “We continue to invest in CNG to not only keep our fleet running cleaner and to create a more sustainable Earth, but this cleaner fuel source also reduces operations costs, thereby enhancing stakeholder returns.”

About 25 percent of Advanced Disposal’s collection routes in the Batavia area run on CNG. The station cost about $2 million to build and a CNG truck costs between $30,000 and $40,000 more than a comparable diesel truck, according to the company.

CNG generates low hydrocarbon emissions, according to Advanced Disposal, and is produced from natural gas. Some 98 percent of the natural gas used in the United States is produced in North America, compared to 53 percent of the petroleum from which diesel fuel is made.

Advanced Disposal bills itself as the fifth largest solid waste company in the U.S., providing non-hazardous solid waste collection, recycling and disposal services to residential, commercial, industrial and construction customers in 18 states and the Bahamas.