POLLUTION * USA - Local trucking firm joins effort to reduce it
Hutchinson,MN,USA -The Hutchinson Leader, by Terry Davis -October 21, 2008: -- McKimm Milk Transit Inc. of Hutchinson has joined the SmartWay Transport Partnership, a voluntary collaboration between the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the freight industry designed to increase energy efficiency while significantly reducing emissions that may result in air pollution... McKimm Milk Transit’s participation in the Carrier category will contribute to the partnership's goal of reducing carbon dioxide, nitrogen oxide and particulate emissions by improving the environmental performance of freight operations... Carrier members of the SmartWay Partnership agree to measure fleet environmental performance using EPA's FLEET — Freight Logistics Environmental and Energy Tracking — performance model, develop a three-year action plan to improve environmental metrics, and provide an annual report on the plan’s progress. More than 1,000 businesses and organizations have joined the partnership...
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