WASTE MANAGEMENT IN ACTION – TRANSPORT
The flexible performer The Iveco Eurocargo model features dual control for operators.
IVECO’S EUROCARGO MODEL IS ALREADY ONE OF EUROPE’S BEST-SELLING MEDIUM-DUTY TRUCKS. WITH ITS VERSATILITY AND MANOEUVRABILITY, IT’S ALSO GAINING POPULARITY WITHIN AUSTRALIAN WASTE OPERATIONS.
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ight streets, pedestrians and parked cars can present a range of nuisances for waste collectors. Iveco is aiming to take the pain out of domestic waste collections for operators, with its dual control Eurocargo model truck. Dave Hancock, the National Fleet Manager at Solo Resource Recovery, understands what is required from modern machinery to optimise a
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collection operation. He says Solo Resource Recovery’s trial of the Eurocargo has so far showed the value of what it can bring to an existing operation. “The Eurocargo will be doing a full domestic collection run, anything from 1000-1500 bins a day in a fairly restricted area,” he says. The Australian-owned company has been operating under the name Solo Resource Recovery since 1992.
With 16 workshops nationally and about 750 units in its fleet, the company has offered household, business, council waste solutions, and business recycling services for more than 80 years. In that time, urbanisation has changed the waste collection landscape. Dave says higher density living has, in many cases, altered what is required by waste collection services.
