Hamilton Street Railway s first renewable natural gas powered bus in Ontario. (CNW Group/Enbridge Gas Inc.)
Hamilton Street Railway (HSR) has become Ontario’s first transit system to use renewable natural gas. The province’s first carbon-negative bus is expected to divert 450 tonnes of organic waste from the landfill in a single year. It works out to be the same as 38 garbage trucks.
It will also displace CO2 emissions from 36,000 litres of diesel consumed in a year.
“Renewable natural gas provides an excellent opportunity for the HSR and City of Hamilton to continue our efforts to lower corporate GHG emissions and move toward targets outlined in our climate change emergency declaration and corporate energy and sustainability policy,” Mayor Fred Eisenberger said. “We are proud to partner with Enbridge Gas on this innovative initiative that will pave the way to ensure the future of transit in our community is energy efficient and sustainable.”