Ed Yorek, maintenance manager for St. Cloud Metro Bus, was named a Sustainability All-Star at a conference hosted by Green Fleet magazine in Schaumburg, Ill.
The Sustainability All-Stars award recognizes fleet professionals who have made a significant contribution to environmental sustainability and fleet efficiencies in the industry.
Yorek oversaw Metro Bus’s conversion to Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) to fuel its buses. Metro Bus is the first public transit system in Minnesota to utilize CNG as a primary fleet fuel source.
Yorek was also responsible for partnering with St. Cloud State University (SCSU) and Sodexo to develop the Husky Fried Ride ― a bus that was operates on an 80-20 mixture of recycled used cooking oil and diesel fuel; with SCSU as the primary supplier of the used cooking oil.
