BASF Emission-Control Technology Cleans Up School Buses

Over one thousand school buses across the United States were retrofitted with clean-air technology from BASF under the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Clean Buses for Kids Program.

Each year, American children spend three billion hours on school buses _ 99% of which are diesel. Exhaust from diesel fuel, which powers 90% percent of the 454,000 school buses on the road today, has been shown to cause or exacerbate a host of health problems -- including asthma, lung disease and cancer -- and has been linked to premature death.

Retrofitting conventional diesel school buses with emission-control technology can help reduce a child's exposure to potentially harmful particulates present in the vehicles' exhaust. The EPA program provides funding to school districts and other eligible public entities to purchase and install emission-control equipment on post-1990 diesel school buses.

A majority of the approximately 40 school districts selected for funding under the EPA program chose to retrofit their school buses with BASF DPX® diesel particulate filters.

BASF's technology was praised for its easy, cost-efficient installation and solid performance in reducing harmful emissions, including particulate matter, hydrocarbons and nitrogen oxides.

We are proud to have played a part in this successful program.