Huddersfield-based Kirklees Council has just become the organisation to run a van powered by the waste it collects!

The van, a Smith Electric Vehicles Ford Transit, is completely electric and is being used to collect garbage from a number of rubbish bins in the Huddersfield town centre area.

This rubbish is then taken to the council’s Energy from Waste plant at Emerald Street, Huddersfield, where it is converted into electricity.

The electricity generated by the Emerald Street EfW plant is then used to charge the electric van overnight – completing the circle and creating a zero emission vehicle.