Ep 299: How green is out-of-home delivery?

Postal Hub podcast

Paul Buijs, Assistant Professor in the Department of Operations at the University of Groning, and co-author of “A greener last mile: Reviewing the carbon emission impact of pickup points in last-mile delivery,” joins me to discuss just how green out-of-home delivery might be:

• Defining pickup points (out-of-home alternatives to residential delivery)
• Out-of-home (OOH) delivery improving delivery route efficiency
• Reducing distance travelled by delivery vehicles
• Finding parking spots and time spent parking
• Time savings
• Transport used by customers collecting from OOH delivery points
• Measuring customers' tailpipe emissions when collecting OOH deliveries
• Impact of distance on consumers' decision-making process in choosing transport means
• Combining trips to collect parcels - trip chaining
• Using pickup points (OOH delivery) to reduce emissions
• Electric vehicles and collecting from PUDOs / parcel lockers
• Does OOH lose any emissions advantage as EVs become prevalent?
• Limitations on efficiency and impact on tailpipe emissions
• Consumers and delivery companies driving OOH adoption