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

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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

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