The vehicles, which have been designed to reach customers ‘as soon as possible’ according to the firm, are small enough to travel through London’s busy traffic without width, height or parking restrictions.
Collections will focus on ‘unplanned’ waste generated by local authorities, hospitals, universities and businesses in the capital.
The two cage-tipper vehicles are the latest additions to Bywaters’ £7 million fleet of 62 eco-friendly vehicles comprising 25 dustcarts, 5 tail-lift vehicles, 13 skip-loaders, and 17 hook-loaders.
The fleet, which meets Euro 5/6 emission standards, operates from Bywaters’ MRF at Bow, East London, which is licensed to process 650,000 tonnes of waste material a year and has one of the UK’s largest materials recycling facilities.
Sustainability
An onboard Dynafleet program monitors and tracks each vehicle’s environmental sustainability and the driver’s driving patterns and behaviour, while reports are generated by Volvo to validate transparency of carbon dioxide emissions, and overall vehicle productivity.
In addition, Bywaters’ vehicles are fitted with Dynafleet vehicle tracking and all drivers use digital tacho cards. Exhaust fittings filter out harmful substances like nitrous oxide and appropriate safety systems, such as 360o cameras and audible alarms to alert the public of their presence.
Mark Harbard, associate director at Bywaters, said: “London’s historic streets were not designed for today’s traffic and width, height and parking restrictions can hinder collections. When time is critical, these vehicles enables us to be more responsive to customer needs and able to offer an improved, more flexible service.”
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