CNG Now Fueling Compost, Recycling and Trash Pickups at PDX

by Rachel Wray 8/15/2011 4:07 PM

Gresham Sanitary Service, which provides waste hauling services for the Port, is the state’s first trash hauler to use compressed natural gas in its vehicles. The latest addition to the company’s fleet services transports the Port’s garbage, recycling, and food waste to regional transfer stations while running on the clean-burning alternative fuel. Pictures below are of the truck’s inaugural visit to the airport.

  

 

 

 

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