Garbage Goes Green
By Andrzej Sienko
Nassau News Staff Writer
Few people would think of garbage trucks as ecological or cutting edge. At best, they are a nuisance, with the whine of hydraulics and crashing metal in the morning. At worst they embody the waste we produce.
Now that perception may change, at least in the Town of Hempstead, where the sanitation department prepares to switch its fleet to hybrid plug-in technology.
“This offers a tremendous advantage. It’s the first of its kind,” Assistant City Commissioner Dominick Longobardi said in an interview.
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