Report highlights benefits of switch to electric RCVs

摘要

Switching the UK's fleet of diesel-powered refuse collection vehicles (RCVs) for electric trucks would reduce the country's greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 290 kilotonnes of CO_2 each year - the equivalent of recycling almost 16 billion plastic bottles -eliminating associated exhaust fumes, a report from environmental consultancy Eunomia has claimed. Ditching diesel - a cost-benefit analysis of electric refuse collection vehicles comes at a time when hundreds of local authorities in the UK have declared a climate emergency and are looking for ways to reduce their carbon emissions. Many are also looking at how they can tackle harmful - and sometimes illegal - levels of air pollution with limited budgets. The research suggests that a rollout of eRCVs could help to address some of the challenges.