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Corvette plant's old paint recycled for power
Q. What do the Tennessee Valley Authority, General Motors and Waste Management have in common? A. A Corvette plant in Kentucky. Thanks to the "From Vettes to Watts" program, dried paint solids from the overspray (made from airborne paint that is sprayed onto the vehicle but doesn't stick) created at the GM Bowling Green Assembly Plant will soon be collected and shipped to a nearby power plant for consumption. Currently, the paint pieces are sent to the landfill. The TVA's Paradise Fossil plant will burn the paint solids, which is TVA's first ... Read more →
Waste Management tries out hydraulic hybrids Domenick Yoney
Waste Management, the garbage-collecting giant, is adding 4 hydraulic hybrids to its Fort Worth fleet for a bit of field testing. The trucks, which were launched about 6 months ago, are from ...
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Corvette plant's old paint recycled for power 10 months ago on Autoblog Green
Q. What do the Tennessee Valley Authority, General Motors and Waste Management have in common? A. A Corvette plant in Kentucky. Thanks to the "From Vettes to Watts" program, dried paint solids from the overspray (made from airborne paint that is sprayed onto the vehicle but doesn't stick) created ...
Waste Management tries out hydraulic hybrids 12 months ago on Autoblog Green
Waste Management, the garbage-collecting giant, is adding 4 hydraulic hybrids to its Fort Worth fleet for a bit of field testing. The trucks, which were launched about 6 months ago, are from Peterbilt and use the Eaton Hydraulic Launch Assist (HLA) system to store much of the energy used in braking ...
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