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>>> IT'S GREEN IS UNIVERSAL WEEK
HERE ON NBC 4.
THE NETWORKS OF NBC UNIVERSAL.
THE STORY OF A LOCAL COMPANY
THAT FED THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE
WHEN SANDY STRUCK.
>> MARC SANTIA REPORTS THE
COMPANY DID IT BY GOING GREEN.
>> Reporter: FOR MORE THAN TWO
DECADES CAMBRIDGE CATERING HAS
BEEN FEEDING NEW YORKERS ACROSS
THE FIVE BURROWS FROM SANDWICHES
TO DELIVERIES.
THE OWNER HAS ALWAYS BEEN HANDS
ON, MORE FOOD, LESS CARBON FOOT
PRIPT.
HE DECIDED TO GO TO
BIODEGRADABLE PLATES.
AS HIS COMPANY GREW, HE NEEDED A
NEW TRUCK.
THEN PHILLIP HAD AN IDEA.
>> WE BOUGHT A USED VEHICLE.
WE HAD IT RETRO FITTED AT CLEAN
VEHICLE SOLUTIONS, NATURAL GAS
DRIVES THE VEHICLE AND POWERS
THE REFRIGERATION.
THIS RUNS THE REFRIGERATION.
IT CAN RUNNY OTHER KIND OF
APPLIANCES THAT WE NEED TO KEEP
FOOD COLD OR HOT.
>> Reporter: THIS ALL RUNS OFF
CMG IN.
>> ALL OFF CMG, NATURAL GAS.
>> Reporter: THANKS TO NATURAL
GAS, HE DOESN'T HAVE TO FILL UP
AS MUCH AS HE USED TO.
>> THE FACT IT'S ONCE EVERY TWO
WEEKS IS GREAT.
THE OTHER VEHICLES ARE FILLING
UP EVERY DAY OR EVERY OTHER DAY.
>> Reporter: THE PAY OFF WAS
AFTER HURRICANE SANDY HIT.
>> BECAUSE OF THIS VEHICLE, WE
WERE ABLE TO GET THE FOOD WHEN
THERE WAS A GAS SHORTAGE.
>> Reporter: OTHERS WERE
STRANDED BECAUSE OF THE GAS
SHORTAGE, THEY WERE ABLE TO MAKE
THE ROUNDS.
CAMBRIDGE CATERING WAS ABLE TO
GIVE OUT FREE FOOD TO THOUSANDS
OF FAMILIES IN NEED ON STATEN
ISLAND BECAUSE THIS LOCAL
COMPANY MADE THE DECISION TO GO
GREEN.
>> THE ORIGINAL THOUGHT WAS TO
TRY TO DO THE CORRECT THING, AND
BEING ECO FRIENDLY.
BECAUSE OF IT, THINGS WORKED IN
FUNNIWAYS.
WE WERE ABLE TO HELP.
THERE'S NO GREATER FEELING THAN
DOING THAT.