Parcel Delivery Companies and Their Attempts to Become More Green
Parcel Delivery Companies and Their Attempts to Become More Green
One industry that has been suspect to criticism is the parcel delivery industry, these companies use millions of vehicles, airlines and paper products per day and so many of them are finding that in order to retain a good image with the public as well as saving money they have to make sure they are trying to become more green in their daily operations.
Some companies have been able to introduce new processes and thinking to make sure that they are more eco-friendly, they are doing this in a number of different ways such as replacing their regular delivery vehicles for the newer hybrid vehicles, these vehicles produce much less CO2 and can be much cheaper to run, there are larger delivery vans available that are now hybrids meaning a lot of these companies that use delivery vans regularly could easily save money and cut down their carbon footprint too.
Other obvious moves that these companies have made are recycling materials they use in bulk such as plastic and paper envelopes as well as cardboard. By recycling these materials they can be used again to help reduce the amount of paper used by the company as well as plastic which if thrown away at landfills can be difficult to decompose.
Even in the head offices of some parcel delivery firms they are reducing the number of excess printers and photocopiers to help cut down the energy being used in offices, educating workers on how to ensure that they get the most use out of their office machines such as powering down unnecessary electronics and printing in lower quality for non-essential documents can help lower the waste and make the company's money go a little further too.
The buzzword for many businesses is increasing efficiency, well with parcel delivery firms it is especially important for them to be more efficient as the energy use and carbon footprint of the industry is something that will need to change in order to protect the environment.
Make sure when you have an international parcel delivery to make that you choose a shipping service that has good eco-friendly processes in place to help deliver your parcel but also do it in an efficient manner.