The transportation providers of YRC Worldwide Inc. participate in programs and processes for protecting and preserving the environment. Our industry-leading companies effectively and aggressively promote greenhouse gas reduction strategies, waste reduction, and conservation across their daily operations.

Green efforts include:

• Aggressive greenhouse gas reduction strategies, such as capping truck speed at 62 mph, limiting idle time and eliminating overnight idling with extensive use of hotel room stays for drivers. The use of longer combination vehicles and intermodal piggyback service with our rail partners also are part of our greenhouse gas reduction strategies. Our large-scale, 1,000-service-center network allows us to "car pool" our customers' shipments and drastically reduce unnecessary empty miles.
  
  
• Recycling aluminum, steel and unusable cardboard dunnage, office paper, oil, antifreeze, cleaning solvents, tires and batteries.
  
  
• To reduce energy consumption, light bulb fixtures in buildings are recycled, and lighting fixtures are replaced with low-wattage lamps.
  
  
• Use of electronic bills of lading, invoices and other e-commerce tools is actively encouraged to reduce paper consumption for all supply-chain partners.
  
  
• To prevent unwanted products from entering the waste stream or disposal process, chemical shipments deemed unacceptable by a shipper or consignee are recovered, repackaged and offered for sale to the public through a physical location and on the Internet.
  
  
• Transportation services for product returns and reverse logistics offered by the YRC Worldwide companies prevent pollution and minimize waste in shipment movement.
  
  
• Fuel-saving initiatives and policies, such as the use of computers to automatically shut down an idling engine, tractor speed governance, fuel-efficient tires and tread designs, and aerodynamic modifications to tractor and trailer configurations, have an estimated savings of 135.5 million gallons of fuel per year.
  
  
• Biodiesel fuel is voluntarily used in the respective fleets at select sites across the United States, in addition to areas where use of biodiesel is mandated. More than 3 million gallons of biodiesel have been voluntarily purchased.
  
  
• Use of ultra-low-sulfur diesel (ULSD) at all company-owned fueling sites produces cleaner emissions of NOx (nitrogen oxides) and particulate matter. Also, all YRC Worldwide companies introduced low-emission diesel (LED) tractors into their respective fleets in 2007.
  
  
• New engine oil and lubricant technologies to extend service intervals, greatly reducing waste product generation, continue to be used and evaluated.