Emterra Group is a leader in the waste and recycling industry for operating alternative fueled collection vehicles. Of the 550 vehicles in our fleet line-up, 35% operate on Compressed Natural Gas (CNG).
Operating in a cold weather climate
In 2012, we opened our first CNG fuelling station for our fleet of over 60 collection vehicles in Winnipeg, MB.
This Canadian-owned and operated fleet became the largest fleet of CNG collection trucks in the world to operate in an extreme cold weather climate.
Despite an extensive search, at the time, there were no other CNG fleets operating in a cold weather climate. Learning on-the-go and by working with our partner, Cummins Westport Inc., we successfully tackled the challenging environmental conditions, ran a fleet of over 60 CNG vehicles and set the foundation and the learning tools required, for other CNG truck operators working in extreme cold weather conditions.
Facilities Collection
Do you have several facilities? Perhaps each one has a different solid waste program? Emterra can help!
Government facilities – including schools, leisure centres and government agencies are all faced with budget constraints, while looking to achieve sustainable processes that meet environmental regulatory requirements. Emterra has a history of providing quality waste management services to government agencies, with our large and growing network of recycling facilities and waste collection fleets across Canada.
Weighing the benefits
Our commitment to CNG offers significant cost saving, in addition to the environmental impact and emission reductions. On an equivalent litre-to-litre basis, CNG is more economical than diesel fuel contributing to about 30 per cent fuel cost saving and overall, the trucks consume less fuel.
And, in our experience, CNG trucks operate with comparable horsepower and torque to diesel engines and are favored by drivers. Given the nature of our industry, CNG trucks have been well-suited for our fleets that travel fixed routes and return to a central yard for refuelling overnight.
“Emterra Environmental’s excellence in material recycling operations makes our partnership, one of tremendous strength. Merlin Plastics intends to purchase 100 per cent of the sorted plastics generated from your material recovery facility. We look forward to participating with Emterra and building upon the solid relationship existing between our companies for the past twenty years.”