In the news pages Malcolm reports that the Aldersgate Group has urged government to provide further incentives to encourage the greater use of zero emissions electric vehicles until there is a "cost parity" with internal combustion engined vehicles. On the same theme, Veolia is set to trial innovative electric refuse collection vehicles (RCV) charged by power derived from the waste they have collected. The project in Sheffield will see two 26 tonne RCV converted from diesel to electric power in a scheme to accelerate the transition to zero emission heavy goods vehicles. In the future these vehicles are set to be charged using the electricity generated from the non-recyclable household waste that fuels the city's energy recovery facility, a world first, Veolia says.
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