VEHICLES
City streets and Spanish sun The vehicles keeping Madrid clean
By TIMOTHY BYRNE
UTE RM2 are undoubtedly a group on the rise in Spain’s iconic capital.
Back in 2016, the consortium - made up of Valoriza Medioambiente, Acciona, ASCAN and OHL – won a four-year contract with Madrid City Council to provide waste collection services to Lot 2 – an area located within Eastern Madrid. Then, in 2018, it was granted an extension on the contract to expand the area’s organic waste collection services.
The new side loader units have been purchased from GeesinkNorba Spain and are of the 22m3 AMS CL1-22N type. They are mounted onto CNG powered Iveco Stralis AD260S27.YPS
AUT.RSU compressed natural gas (CNG) powered 270 horsepower (HP) 6x2 rear steer 26 tonne chassis. To reduce driver fatigue, each chassis has been fitted with the Allison 3500R Series six speed automatic transmission, complete with retarder. All of Madrid’s waste collection truck vehicles are CNG powered, which helps reduce carbon emissions in and around the city.
New jobs will also be created with
the expansion of the organic waste collection service across the four additional districts of Lot 2.
Now UTE RM2 has added eight additional AMS CL1-N side loaders to its waste collection fleet to service the city of Madrid.
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UTE RM2 had operated 17 similar units in its fleet for the last two years, during which time the vehicles delivered positively in terms of whole life costs, reliability and positive driver feedback. UTE RM2 also felt that GeesinkNorba’s aftersales service was simply excellent - another reason to purchase the AMS units.
These new units will also collect recyclables such as mixed plastics and steel and aluminium cans placed inside 2,400ltr containers. Residual waste placed inside 3,200ltr containers will also be collected. These containers are sited in the same communal collection points as the 2,400ltr containers for the placement of organic waste. The AMS units will empty these when they are not required to collect organic waste.
The AMS units will work three different collection shifts; morning, afternoon and night, seven days a week, 365 days a year, to serve the residents of Eastern Madrid, which has a population of 1,164,212.
GIS/GPS systems have been fitted in the new vehicles which provide geographic information 24 hours a day showing the vehicles’ position on the waste collection routes. RFID aerials fitted on the new
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