Apr 2 2009
Pirelli Eco Technology, a company in the Pirelli Group operating in technology for lowering pollutant emissions from diesel engines, signed an agreement to supply innovative particulate filters to SITA (SUEZ ENVIRONNEMENT). SITA is a leading company in The Netherlands and in other European countries in waste management. The aim of the initiative is to reduce the particulate emissions from the SITA garbage trucks by more than 95%.
Using this new technology SITA will become a leader in clean waste collection."We have set ourselves high goals" said Eddy de Jong, Fleet Manager at SITA. "With the filters that were on the market we could not have reached this goal, given that those filters function only with high temperature engines. SITA only drives small distances so the filters had to be adjusted to this. By applying the Pirelli filters SITA is making its next step in terms of durable waste management."
New emissions limits are required by regulations from Dutch Environment Ministry VROM. These state that only Euro 2 and 3 vehicles with a diesel particulate filter can access the environmental zones, e.g. in inner cities. The amount of soot produced by the SITA trucks with a Pirelli filter will be as low as in Euro 4/5, depending on the age and engine of the vehicle.
"The choice of Sita" - said Niels de Zwaan, Business Development Director of Pirelli Eco Technology for Northern European countries - "demonstrates how the simple substitution of the muffler and installation of the new Pirelli regeneration filter system is effective in combating particulate matter emissions. Our innovative new technology is available in 40 different solutions for garbage trucks, buses & LDVs, and complies with EU norms in terms of pollutant emissions for all Low Emission Zones."
Posted April 1st. 2009