Waste management company Brewsters Waste, which provides waste services to businesses across London and Essex, has upgraded its fleet of refuse vehicles to Euro 6 to help reduce air pollution in the capital and meet new low emissions regulations. The company operates a fleet of 44 vehicles.
Barry Brewster who owns the business said: “We support any steps that improve the air quality in the city. To that end we are upgrading our fleet with the latest Euro 6 engines, which meet the new London Low Emission Zone criteria.”
Gloucestershire-based Refuse Vehicle Solutions Ltd (RVS) has already provided Brewsters with two brand-new refuse vehicles, both Dennis Olympus 26t bodies on DAF chassis with Beta trade lifts, and the company has just ordered another vehicle of the same specification.
Barry added: “RVS was recommended to us by one of the refuse vehicle manufacturers, because they couldn’t meet our delivery deadline and we would have had to wait up to a year for the vehicle. As it is RVS managed to get the right specification of vehicle to us in less than 2 months with their RediTruck service. We were so impressed we ordered another vehicle immediately!”
RVS introduced RediTruck to provide its customers with brand-new refuse vehicles from stock, without the long lead-times required by manufacturers.
Spencer Law, Managing Director, RVS said: “The new low emission regulations are a challenge for many operators. Replacing vehicles quickly can be difficult to achieve when the average wait time for a new vehicle is 9-12 months. That is why we started our RediTruck service. We know what operators want so we have a rolling stock of different configurations of vehicles, that are ready for work and can be delivered in short time-scales.”
RVS has recently joined forces with Dutch company EMOSS, to launch a UK-wide electric repowering solution, converting diesel refuse vehicles into electric refuse vehicles. The e-One refuse vehicle is zero emissions and zero noise and offers savings of up to £50,000 compared with a brand-new electric vehicle. It comes with a five-year battery, body and bin lift warranty.
