Rupert is borough councillor for Botley and cabinet member for the environment at Eastleigh Borough Council.
He was announcing the first all electric bin lorries to work out of the Hedge End depot.
There are benefits of lower emissions, less noise pollution, better air quality, and claimed financial benefits in the cost of charging the vehicles compared with filling a tank of diesel on the older vehicles. Eastleigh can be rightly proud to have the first of these vehicles operating in the Hampshire County Council area.
Most of the secondary authorities in Hampshire are Conservative run so it is not surprising they are lagging behind Eastleigh in green initiatives.
However even Eastleigh is two years behind Labour councils in Oxford and Reading where similar vehicles have been on the road since 2021.
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