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DSNY Unveils 1st All-Electric Street Sweeper In Effort To Reduce Carbon Footprint
By News 12 Staff, May 06, 2021, 5:43pm EDT • Updated on:May 06, 2021, 6:20pm EDT
The Department of Sanitation took a major step in efforts to reduce its carbon footprint Thursday by unveiling its first all-electric street sweeper in Brooklyn.
It’s the first battery-operated, zero-emissions broom to be used in the country.
"Thanks to the DSNY, every resident in New York enjoys clean streets -- but thanks to this all-electric broom, they can also enjoy clean air now as well,” said Project Manager at New York State Energy Research and Development Authority Jason Zimbler.
With over 400 street sweepers in use across the city, the new electric-powered vehicle will join the fleet to help clean the streets of Bushwick as part of a pilot program.
"We’re going to do a lot more of this work to ensure again that our sanitation workers are in the most state-of-the-art equipment that is safe, that is good for the environment,” said City Council member Antonio Reynoso.
Department of Sanitation Commissioner Edward Grayson says the sweepers are just as efficient, if not more than the diesel-powered ones. He says they are quieter and will make a huge impact on air quality.
"Every time we switch to a fully electric vehicle, we are reducing 100% the greenhouse gas impact,” said Grayson.
They said they hope by the beginning to reduce their carbon footprint, others will follow suit.
"We’re doing the right thing today in Brooklyn, we're doing the right thing for New York City, this goes nationwide, this goes worldwide,” said Grayson.
The DSNY says they hope to have a fully electric fleet by 2040 of both garbage trucks and street sweepers.
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Global Street Sweepers Clean Sweep NYC Times Square 2020
Global Street Sweepers Clean Sweep NYC Times Square 2020
Every year after the "Ball Drops" and the world famous New Years Eve party ends at NYC Times Square and everyone goes home, Global Street Sweepers line up and clean up the mess.
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Hours after a million people celebrated the New York's iconic ball drop signaling the beginning of a new decade, work began to clean up the aftermath of the festive annual party. The Global fleet of sweepers descended to take on the monumental task of clean up. More than 200 sanitation officials worked through the night and early morning hours to rid the streets of millions of pieces of confetti, trash, and tossed novelty items.
Over 3,000 pounds of confetti blasted over the crowd once the ball completed its drop, which is about 30,000,000 pieces of colored paper. The amount of trash that was cleaned up by NYC sanitation workers after the festivities is upwards of 50-tons and ranged from confetti to balloons to party hats, pizza boxes, and empty bottles. By morning most of the scene appeared back to normal and the roads cleared with traffic flowing at normal rate.
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2019 APWA PWX Seattle Wrap-Up
Our Family at Global Environmental Products thanks you for all your support!
Global Environmental Products was once again part of PWX National Equipment Show taking place this year in Seattle, WA. This was our 9th PWX Attendance, where we showcased our green technologies and offered different environmentally friendly solutions - a true glance into the future of street sweeping.
Most importantly, we introduced the 1st 100% Electric Plug-In Class 7 Street Sweeper in the North America. It is a Heavy Duty street Sweeper that utilizes lithium-ion batteries, operates 9-11 hours daily, is low maintenance and extremely quiet.
We also introduced one-of-a-kind Global R4Air, Regenerative Air Street Sweeper. The R4Air is the only Purpose Built, Single Engine Air Sweeper capable of Dumping into a truck. Its’ large 33” fan provides superb suction.
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Global Environmental Products has been pushing the technological envelope above and beyond that of the competition with our "Zero Emissions" street sweepers, which include the first 100% Electric Heavy-Duty Class 7 Street Sweepers in the World, and the Global M4 ZE Hydrogen Fuel Cell Street Sweeper. They are powerful, reliable, and innovative.
Global Environmental Products have achieved our vision of street sweepers that clean your streets with a high-performance, heavy-duty sweeping system, as well as being affordable, reliable with cutting-edge innovative technology - doing it all while producing ZERO EMISSIONS.
GLOBAL INTRODUCES 1ST 100% ELECTRIC HEAVY-DUTY STREET SWEEPER IN THE WORLD!
One of the most important aspects of owning a sweeper is having the operational knowledge and adhering to service intervals, proper maintenance and filter changes.
When our Cities buy Global sweepers, they don’t just by a street sweeper, but everything else that comes with it. Servicing and parts support is one of the most important aspects of any equipment purchase, and having the right partners to help you along the way makes a big difference.