Waste Management hits milestone with 100 natgas stations, 6,000 natgas trucks

Waste Management, a Houston, Texas-based provider of comprehensive waste management services and landfill gas-to-energy facilities, is celebrating the opening of its 100th natural gas station in Oklahoma City.

It has also reached a milestone with 6,000 compressed natural gas (CNG)-powered trucks, the largest natural gas-powered heavy-duty fleet in North America.

“Waste Management’s mission is to maximize resource value, while minimizing environmental impact so that our customers, our company, our economy and our environment can thrive,” said Jim Trevathan, Waste Management executive vice president and chief operating officer.

Twenty five of its 100 stations are open to the public, according to the company.

It builds and finances its own fueling stations and buys the fuel.

“Waste Management invests in building our own fueling infrastructure to refuel our vehicles, while making CNG available to other commercial fleets and individuals,” said Marty Tufte, Waste Management corporate fleet director.