Casella to equip 800 vehicles with on-board oil refining system
28-JAN-2008
As part of the company's efforts to reduce its overall environmental impact, US-based Casella Waste Systems, Inc. is planning to install an on-board oil refining technology on over 800 of its vehicles. This move is expected to extend significantly the interval between oil changes and filter replacements. The company estimates that this will reduce its usage of oil lubricants by 28% per year.
'Every day, we are obligated to look at every aspect of the way we operate our business to find ways to more efficiently use and sustain our resources,' said John W. Casella, chairman and chief executive officer of Casella Waste Systems. 'Simple as it may seem, reducing or eliminating the need for frequent oil changes in our fleet plays an important role in reducing our environmental impact as well as our use of and dependence on refined petroleum products. Beyond even those benefits, we're pleased that it also allows us to realize an economic savings in reduced oil and maintenance costs.'
Eliminating a large portion of the company's lubricant usage will reduce greenhouse gas emissions by an estimated 21 metric tonnes of CO2 equivalents annually by avoiding the manufacturing, transportation, and disposal of oil lubricants and oil filters.
The company said that the programme will be implemented through an agreement with Oil Purification Systems, Inc. (OPS) to outfit nearly 800 trucks in its fleet with the environmentally sustainable OPS-1(TM) on-board oil refining system, thereby reducing its usage of oil lubricants by 45,000 gallons [170m3] per year. Casella expects to have the OPS-1 system installed on all selected vehicles by May 2008.
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