00:00Wakefield Council plans to replace its ageing bin lorries with a fleet of diesel vehicles
00:06after attempts to go electric were unsuccessful. An electric refuse collection vehicle trial
00:12began four years ago as part of efforts to become a carbon neutral authority.
00:17A meeting was told how the project had not worked and a decision had been taken to continue to use
00:23diesel trucks. Four point nine million pounds along with one million pounds for charging infrastructure
00:28had initially been agreed to be spent on introducing zero emission battery electric vehicles in 2022.
00:36It's been reported that the installation of charging points within depot infrastructure has been
00:42proving difficult.
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