GFL’s first electric truck hits the road in Squamish, BC
GFL’s first fully electric automated side loader (ASL) truck is well traveled even before it reports for service. Its chassis was built at Mack Trucks in Pennsylvania; its body was mounted at Labrie Automizer in Quebec; and from there it attended Waste Expo in Las Vegas, where it dazzled attendees with its bright green paint […]
Cushing, Oklahoma, Emergency Response rises to the challenge of a major spill
A 4am phone call alerted Lew Shideler, GFL’s industrial branch manager, Liquid/ Industrial ER, to an oil spill near Cushing, Oklahoma. Arriving on site in the dark, he didn’t fully appreciate the challenges he and his Emergency Response (ER) team would face until the sun came up. Shideler recalls standing on a bridge with the […]
GFL’s Brighton soil facility lets the dogs out
Thanks to a community engagement project, a piece of unused land at GFL’s soil facility in Brighton, Ontario, has gone to the dogs! Working with the Town of Brighton and the local community, the Brighton facility created a public dog park. After receiving over 100 entries, the Town’s name selection working group chose Brighton Bark […]
