Some garbage trucks now run on renewable natural gas made from their own trash

Some US cities are fuelling their garbage trucks with renewable natural gas (RNG) produced from the very waste those trucks collect. The technology is promising, but its environmental footprint is more complex than it appears — producing and distributing RNG carries its own emissions and logistical challenges.

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