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FLEET MANAGEMENT/Biodiesel blend helps county protect its air Apr 01, 2002, American City & County Alachua County, Fla., is creating an environmentally friendly fleet. Joining the Florida cities of Jacksonville, Miami and Grove City, and Dade and ...
  • Written by American City & County Administrator
  • 29th July 2008

FLEET MANAGEMENT/Biodiesel blend helps county protect its air
Apr 01, 2002, American City & County
Alachua County, Fla., is creating an environmentally friendly fleet. Joining the Florida cities of Jacksonville, Miami and Grove City, and Dade and Pinellas counties, Alachua County has begun using biodiesel to fuel its fleet vehicles.

alternative fuel biodiesel vehicles
Jul 01, 2007, American City & County, Ed Brock
Clogging up sewers and complicating wastewater treatment, used cooking oil can be the bane of city and county public works departments. Meanwhile, rising gasoline prices are driving many fleet managers to convert their vehicles to alternative fuels, such as biodiesel.

Fueling doubts | Ethanol and biodiesel can replace petroleum, but questions abound about sustainability
Oct 01, 2007, American City & County, By Sean Kilcarr
Many local government fleet managers are conflicted about using ethanol and biodiesel. On one hand, the alternative fuels offer a low-cost way to reduce gasoline and diesel use, and they offer hope to agricultural communities that stand to profit from greater demand for fuel crops.

Tacoma fuels garbage fleet with biodiesel
Feb 01, 2003, American City & County, Gail Ayres is a Montesano, Wash.-based freelancer.
As part of an ongoing commitment to protect the environment, Tacoma, Wash., has begun using a blend of diesel fuel and biodiesel a product made from soybean oil in its 85-truck garbage fleet.

Fueling a cleaner fleet
Mar 01, 2007, American City & County, Deborah Mcguffie-Schyhol
Arlington County, Va., has been working for several years to expand the county’s alternative fuel program. We are very proactive, environmentally speaking, says Ric Hiller, equipment bureau chief for the county’s Office of Support Services.

States encourage use of alternative fuels
Dec 01, 2006, American City & County, Sean Kilcarr
As state and local governments become involved in global efforts to protect the environment, many of them are buying vehicles that run on alternative fuels and are encouraging residents to do the same.

Survey identifies top cities for alternative fuels
Mar 15, 2007, American City & County
Alternative-fueled vehicles — such as biodiesel, hydrogen, ethanol, compressed natural gas, or gas/electric hybrids — are becoming a popular choice for city and county fleet

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  • road maintenance
    Road maintenance is a good place to incorporate sustainable practices; predictive data analysis can help
    One way to achieve sustainability is to work to extend the life of an agency’s existing assets, says Matt Sprague, industry strategy director – local government at Trimble, a technology company that offers a variety of integrated infrastructure solutions. The solutions may enable improved decision-making by connecting the right information with the right administrators and […]
  • water systems
    Compliance clock is ticking: Community water systems have one year to complete a Service Line Inventory
    In about 12 months, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will expect all public water systems to have completed a Service Line Inventory, which is a complete accounting of the material of every service connection in the public network that delivers drinking water. The main purpose of the regulation (Lead and Copper Rule Revisions, or LCRR) […]
  • Adding resilience to roads without reconstruction
    In Vermont this summer, torrential rains caused flooding of historic proportions, washing out roads or covering them in feet of mud. And in some coastal areas, sea level rise is making ‘sunny-day’ flooding a twice-monthly occurrence when the moon’s cycles pull tides higher. Often, the hardest hit areas during such extreme weather events are communities’ […]
  • materials
    Public buyers have several options to keep problem materials out of the waste stream
    Cities and counties are taking multiple steps towards sustainability, says Curran Hughes, co-founder and president of Renegade Plastics, a fabric product manufacturer that offers an alternative to PVC (polyvinyl chloride)-coated fabrics. Its low carbon coated fabrics curtail plastic waste and reduce greenhouse gas emissions, according to the company. “Local governments are doing a nice job […]

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