Portsmouth to have fully electric bin lorry fleet by 2023

ALL BIN lorries in Portsmouth will be full electric by 2023, the city council has pledged.
Left to right: Cllr Dave Ashmore, Cabinet Member for Environment & Climate Change; Cllr Lee Hunt, Cabinet Member for Community Safety; Cllr Gerald Vernon-Jackson, Leader of Portsmouth City Council; Cllr Darren Sanders, Cabinet Member for Housing and Preventing Homelessness; Cllr Matthew Winnington, Cabinet Member for Health, Wellbeing and Social Care with the electric bin. Picture: Portsmouth City CouncilLeft to right: Cllr Dave Ashmore, Cabinet Member for Environment & Climate Change; Cllr Lee Hunt, Cabinet Member for Community Safety; Cllr Gerald Vernon-Jackson, Leader of Portsmouth City Council; Cllr Darren Sanders, Cabinet Member for Housing and Preventing Homelessness; Cllr Matthew Winnington, Cabinet Member for Health, Wellbeing and Social Care with the electric bin. Picture: Portsmouth City Council
Left to right: Cllr Dave Ashmore, Cabinet Member for Environment & Climate Change; Cllr Lee Hunt, Cabinet Member for Community Safety; Cllr Gerald Vernon-Jackson, Leader of Portsmouth City Council; Cllr Darren Sanders, Cabinet Member for Housing and Preventing Homelessness; Cllr Matthew Winnington, Cabinet Member for Health, Wellbeing and Social Care with the electric bin. Picture: Portsmouth City Council

Following a successful week-long trial of a loaned electric bin lorry this month, the council has announced plans to have a fully electric bin lorry fleet – replacing standard diesel vehicles – at the end of the current waste collection contract in September 2023

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Council leader, Councillor Gerald Vernon-Jackson, said: ‘We are truly excited about the prospect of the electric bin lorries. We are investing in the Portsmouth's future and climate change response with some fantastic initiatives. The insight gained from the first trial will help us plan for a fully electric fleet when we renew the provision of waste collection at the end of the current contract.’

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It comes as the second phase of the food waste trial began this month taking the total number of households receiving a food waste collection to more than 20,000.

Cllr Dave Ashmore, environment boss at the council , said: ‘We've seen an impressive collective effort in recycling across Portsmouth with 774 tonnes of food waste recycled in the past 12 months. We are continuing to build on that success by more than doubling the number of homes in the trial to recycle even more.’

For more information visit portsmouth.gov.uk/recycling.

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