The Alternative Fuel Vehicle Act of 1997 offers tax credits toward the purchase of clean trucks and buses.

The company was distinguished by uniforms and clean trucks.

"Why are the trucks so clean," a friend asked?

The Port of Long Beach program includes truck concession requirements to identify "clean" trucks, ensure reliable short-haul service, and improve air quality, security and safety.

While clean trucks were a focus, the Port of Long Beach also turned its attention to ships.

Six clean trucks will make 22 to 23 loops per day, on a 21.2-minute cycle, between the lidding area and the rail line.

The clean trucks were replaced by the rail line, with the containers still needed to be lidded as before.

But the Ford Motor Company perceives a marketing advantage in offering cleaner light trucks.

Biggest, cleanest truck he's ever seen.

And new technologies, using sealed airtight containers and cleaner trucks, would make garbage transfer sites less smelly and less unsightly.