Ann Arbor, MI Springs for Hybrid Garbage Trucks

Wednesday, August 4th, 2010

According to HybridCars.com, the average garbage truck pulls up, stops, idles, loads and moves on between 300 and 1,200 times per day. Most of these trucks are fueled by diesel, and on a good day, they’ll manage about 4 or 5 mpg. We won’t even talk about the number of pollutants those trucks spew forth. [...]