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An electric refuse collection vehicle will be undergoing trials in Oxford this week.
ODS, which manages all the waste collection for Oxford City Council and many local businesses, is leading the trial, and will be assessing how it performs while collecting waste across the city.
The vehicle is being provided by Dennis Eagle Ltd at its specialist refuse vehicle manufacturing plant in Warwickshire. Oxford will be taking its first delivery of an electric heavy goods vehicle in January but is preparing for that moment with real-life testing this month.
Maria Warner, Waste and Recycling Services Manager at ODS, said: “We’re really excited to be testing the new all-electric refuse collection vehicle (eRCV) this month. This is a very significant investment for us and a major step forward for Oxford. ODS has 27 RCVs to cover all the homes and businesses in Oxford. When each of these is electric that will be almost 750 tonnes less CO2 pumped out by Oxford per year or the weight of one average car every day. Carbon dioxide is a green house gas, so clearly it’s important we end this as soon as possible, but diesel engines also produce nitrogen oxide which is harmful to human health. That’s why we want to start doing the right thing now - imagine when all the vehicles in the city, not just ours, are electric, what a difference this will make to air, not to mention noise pollution!”
The new vehicle will have a quieter engine and lifting machinery than existing diesel trucks, and will have no exhaust emissions.
ODS, which is wholly owned by Oxford City Council, is aiming to electrify 25 per cent of its fleet of 339 vehicles by 2023.
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