Clean Energy & Republic Services, Inc., 2nd Largest Refuse Company in the US, Establish Partnership to Supply First CNG Refus...
April 20 2009 - 8:00AM
Business Wire
Republic Services, Inc. (NYSE:RSG), the City of Boise, Idaho�s
waste and recycling collection services contractor, has awarded
Clean Energy Fuels Corp. (Nasdaq:CLNE) a contract to build and
operate a compressed natural gas (CNG) time-fill station and
provide fuel for Republic�s planned deployment of a new CNG refuse
truck fleet that will be the first in Idaho. Republic has an
exclusive contract with the City of Boise to provide all solid
waste and recycling services to more than 68,000 residential and
commercial customers in the Greater Boise area. The company
operated under the name Allied Waste until a December 2008 merger
with Republic, when the two combined to form the second largest
solid waste management company in the United States.
�The use of these clean-burning CNG trucks as replacements for
our older diesel models aligns with the City of Boise�s strategic
plan to combat climate change, reduce greenhouse gas emissions and
ensure air quality improvements,� said Dave Fisher, Republic�s
Boise general manager. �CNG has proven to be cleaner burning than
gasoline or diesel fuel, significantly lowering harmful emissions
like nitrogen oxides, particulate matter, toxic pollutants and
greenhouse gas carbon dioxide.�
Fisher added, �We also believe that natural gas fuel, because it
is a domestic resource, is a positive move for the country which
will help us reduce our dependence on imported foreign oil.�
Boise is home to one-third of Idaho�s population and much of the
state�s industrial and business base, which concentrates in the
Treasure Valley section of the city. After careful analysis, the
city and Republic determined that a CNG refuse fleet would bring
significant air quality and environmental benefits to the area, and
help Boise achieve consistent compliance with increasingly
stringent standards set by the Environmental Protection Agency.
Ray Burke, Clean Energy Vice President, said, �We congratulate
both the City of Boise and Republic for their demonstrated
commitment to environmental quality and their choice of
clean-burning CNG trucks to provide refuse services to their
citizens. We are proud to work with them to support the first
CNG-powered trash truck fleet in Idaho, and believe that this can
serve as a model for implementing clean refuse collection policies
in cities throughout Idaho.�
Clean Energy is the leading provider of natural gas (CNG
and LNG) for transportation in North America. It has a broad
customer base in the refuse, transit, ports, shuttle, taxi,
trucking, airport and municipal fleet markets, fueling more than
15,000 vehicles at 176 strategic locations across the United States
and Canada. Clean Energy owns and operates two LNG production
plants, one in Willis, TX and one in Boron, CA, with combined
capacity of 260,000 LNG gallons per day and designed to expand to
340,000 LNG gallons per day as demand increases. It also owns and
operates a landfill gas processing facility in Dallas, TX that
produces renewable biomethane gas for delivery in the nation�s gas
pipeline network. Please visit www.cleanenergyfuels.com
Republic Services, Inc. has been building on success
since its inception in 1998, becoming an industry-leading provider
of waste and environmental services. The company provides trash
collection services to commercial, industrial, municipal and
residential customers in 40 states and Puerto Rico through its 400
collection companies. Republic Services owns or operates 242
transfer stations, 213 solid waste landfills and 79 recycling
facilities. The company is headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona and
has more than 35,000 employees. For more information, visit the
Republic Services web site at www.republicservices.com
Forward-Looking Statements This news release contains
forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the
Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934 that involve risks, uncertainties and assumptions,
including statements about the use of CNG vehicles by RSI, the
associated environmental benefits of using CNG fuel as compared to
diesel and the potential procurement of CNG refuse vehicles by
other refuse fleet operators in the State of Idaho. Actual results
and the timing of events could differ materially from those
anticipated in these forward-looking statements as a result of
several factors including unanticipated delays in the completion of
the CNG station, problems incurred during the construction phase of
the CNG station, the timing of any CNG vehicle purchases by RSI and
the availability and performance of CNG refuse collection vehicles.
The forward-looking statements made herein speak only as of the
date of this press release and the company undertakes no obligation
to publicly update such forward-looking statements to reflect
subsequent events or circumstances.
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