Dennis Eagle eConnect electric refuse vehicle (Image: Dennis/Twitter)

Cambridge councils roll out electric refuse vehicle

The Greater Cambridge Shared Waste Service – a partnership between South Cambridgeshire district and Cambridge city councils – has rolled out its first electric refuse collection vehicle (RCV). The fully electric Dennis Eagle ‘eCollect’ costs around £400,000, which the partnership says is more than the approximate £185,000 cost of a diesel bin lorry. However the