Byron Shire Council's Komatsu WA270

Although Final Tier IV emission controls for non-road diesel-engine vehicles are not compulsory in Australia, Byron Shire Council recently acquired a Komatsu WA270-8 wheel-loader which meets higher environmental standards.

Resource Recovery Centre site manager Ken Moore says: "Council recently formed a Sustainable Emission Reduction Advisory Committee to evaluate purchases such as this.

"We take our environmental reporting seriously and a lot of consideration was given to the emission performance of the Komatsu wheel-loader.

The Komatsu WA270-8 wheel-loader has been deployed to help sort household and green waste.

It was chosen for its productive capabilities and also because it met stringent emission controls.

"We researched offerings from two other brands during the diligence phase, but we wanted to meet Final Tier IV emission controls and the Komatsu WA270-8 wheel-loader was the only machine under consideration that did so," Moore says.