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Saving green to go green
Hybrid garbage trucks mean cleaner air, lower operating costs
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Municipal refuse worker Bill Kuhnlenz behind the wheel of Mantecas hydraulic launch assist refuse collection truck that was the first of its kind of the West Coast. - photo by Bulletin file photo
Manteca is now in the same league as New York City and Miami when it comes to cleaner burning garbage trucks. City leaders Tuesday blessed the purchase of two diesel-hydraulic hybrid side loaders for $886,321.96 from Western Truck Center. The trucks actually will cost the city $633,321 once a $242,500 grant from the San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District and a $70,000 hybrid vehicle voucher from the state are taken into account.The city had two trucks in its garbage truck fleet near the end of their useful life in 2011 and budgeted to replace them.