Edinburgh diesel vehicle spend dwarfs electric RCV procurement
23/08/2024 The City of Edinburgh Council has made its biggest ever fleet purchase, buying 69 diesel refuse collection vehicles (RCVs). |
Renfrewshire adds three diesel bin lorries to fleet
28/06/2024 Renfrewshire Council has signed off the purchase of three new diesel refuse collection vehicles (RCVs). |
Glasgow to spend £5.3m on 22 diesel vehicles
24/05/2024 Glasgow City Council plans to spend £5.3m on 22 vehicles that are compliant with its low emission zone (LEZ) – almost a year after enforcement of the zone began. |
Rutland welcomes 10 diesel RCVs
03/05/2024 Rutland’s new refuse collection vehicles (RCVs) have made ‘significant improvements’ to a service that had been hindered by regular breakdowns, the county council has said. |
Cardiff Council to consider new diesel recycling fleet
10/07/2023 Cardiff Council is considering purchasing 41 new diesel vehicles for its recycling collection fleet as part of its plans to improve its recycling strategy. |
Waste businesses warn of closures due to red diesel ban
23/03/2022 The end of the red diesel tax rebate could result in redundancies and closures, businesses warn. |
Red diesel ban ‘tangible threat’ to waste strategy
18/03/2022 The Chancellor has been warned that the red diesel ban is ‘counter intuitive’ and presents ‘a tangible threat’ to the Government’s waste strategy. |
Government must think again about red diesel ban
22/02/2022 Brian Ritchie, chair of Resource Management Association Scotland (RMAS), urges the Government to rethink its plans to ban red diesel. |
Northumberland council makes ‘green fleet promise’ to replace diesel vans
09/11/2020 Northumberland County Council has begun replacing its fleet of small diesel vans with electric vehicles as part of an effort to future proof its fleet. |
Khan announces new scrappage scheme
29/09/2020 A new scrappage scheme targeting some of the most polluting vehicles has been launched in London in advance of the tighter Low Emission Zone (LEZ) standards. |
Making the right choice for your fleet
18/10/2019 Diesel is dead – or it will be by 2040 – but what is going to replace it? Phil Clifford considers the options currently available for fleets and concludes that what the industry needs most is more information to make the right choices. Luckily, Future Fleet Forum is just around the corner. |
