Des Moines buys its first electric garbage truck

State of play: The new truck is custom ordered and cost about $705,000.

• It will take at least a year before it hits the streets, Public Works director Jonathan Gano said in a video posted by his department Tuesday.

Of note: Electric trash trucks cost upwards of $200K more than diesel powered ones, but maintenance and fuel/energy costs are lower and produce long-term savings, according to the Asbury Park Press.

• New York City and Toms River, New Jersey, are among the first local governments to use them.