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Waste
RESOURCE USE continued WASTE
FUEL USAGE
Geotab has the capacity to track fuel and fuel efficiency. The Canadian operations track fuel usage through other systems. Some fuel is provided via bulk fueling or client fueled which is not included in annual reporting at this time. Bulk fuel, when available, is an efficient way to prepare the fleet without spending excess labor time and resources to travel to the nearest fueling station.
WTSCA and CNUCCA have 143 vehicles with the Geotab tracking technology utilized, the fleet traveled 904,257 miles in 2021. Of these vehicles the average miles per gallon was 18 in 2021. Unproductive idle time is currently being tracked along with miles per gallon efficiency.
RENEWABLE TRANSITION
Our team is exploring and making the transition to battery operated chainsaws where appropriate in the fleet. This transition would decrease the amount of fuel, oil, and labor for the chainsaw fleet upkeep. Wright Canada Holdings (WCH) generates vegetative waste through the maintenance and new infrastructure development efforts daily in support of our clients. This organic waste product is often left onsite in environments where it is appropriate to naturally breakdown and provide benefits such as nutrients and habitat to the local ecosystem. The waste may be chipped and added to the local landscape. In urban settings, wood may be left onsite at the request of the homeowner or removed and stored at a WCH property. WCH may further process wood waste into mulch and provide free of charge to local communities. A significant effort is made to provide a second life to that vegetative waste product not to be disposed of in a landfill setting. Nearly 30,000 cubic yards of woodchips were sent to feedlots in 2021.
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WTS OF CANADA & CNUC OF CANADA VEHICLES HAVE THE GEOTAB TRACKING TECHNOLOGY
Wood waste from Spectrum Resource Group fuel risk reduction operations gets sold as logs to local mills or as log fuel to local energy plants.
Each job site and geography across North America operated by WSC subsidiaries provide a variety of alternative uses of wood waste generated. An evaluation effort is underway to estimate the amount of vegetation co-product generated by division and the end-use category respectively.
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