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Wastenot compost: a sustainable business delivered sustainably.
What are electric vehicles?
Electric vehicles are the future of sustainable transportation. In simple terms, they have an electric motor and a rechargeable battery instead of a standard motor and gasoline tank. This rechargeable battery powers the vehicle and can easily be recharged at home or in community charging stations. Their main appeal, compared to typical vehicles, is that they don’t burn gas. When vehicles burn gas they typically release emissions such as carbon dioxide, nitrogen dioxide, and carbon monoxide that are dangerous to the health of the environment. Electric vehicles eliminate those harmful emissions, producing “zero-emissions” in use.
Wastenot’s Electric Vehicles
Our central mission here at WasteNot is to reduce the amount of greenhouse gases being produced. From the start, the goal was to reduce emissions and this included a sustainable delivery service. WasteNot originated from humble beginnings: a high school student and his bike trying to make an impact in Chicago. Starting as a zero-emissions company by necessity, we created a standard for sustainable compost collection. Learn more about our origin story here.
As our memberships increased, the company quickly outgrew its bike collection method. To reach more people and make a bigger impact, we needed to transition to vehicles. In order to continue to deliver a sustainable service sustainably, we transitioned to electric vehicles. We now use 100% electric vans for our compost collection in order to maintain a zero-emissions service.
WasteNot is proud to have the largest fully electric fleet of waste management vehicles in the US.
Our Impact
Did you know that an average waste management vehicle uses 20X more gas per year than the average car?
That's why we have invested in ensuring every vehicle we put into service is 100% electric. By using exclusively electric vehicles, we are preventing over 60,000 gallons of gas from being burned annually.
Let's put that impact into context. Here are some things that are equivalent to burning 60,000 gallons of gas:
⚡ Powering 104 average American homes for 1 year
🚗 Driving 1,366,935 miles in an average car
📱 Charging 64,862,292 smart phones
