The United States Postal Service estimates it will deliver around
800 million packages this holiday season, and UPS expects their daily package deliveries to
double, totaling 40 million per day.
This has a serious impact: With each delivery is a complex chain of events, and a growing cloud of pollution.
It shouldn’t be on you to track the impact of every step your package took on its way to you.
Take action today, and join the growing list of American consumers calling on companies to slash pollution from their deliveries.
Because there are already existing technologies and practices that companies can put into place.
In the flurry of orders over the holiday season, a single product might be transported across seas, driven cross-country, and sent to a distribution center. Once an order is placed, it gets sent to the final destination, entering the “last mile” delivery stage.
This is the sweet spot where we can make the most improvements.
Because medium and heavy-duty vehicles (like large delivery trucks) are projected to rival passenger vehicles as the largest source of transportation greenhouse gases by 2050. But there are 3 easy steps businesses can take to tackle this problem before it’s too late:
1) Advocate for and adopt zero-emissions vehicles.
2) Provide incentives for slower shipping options over expedited delivery.
3) Create local options for pickup and returns of online orders.
We’re setting up meetings with industry leaders to ensure they make these changes — but what will truly convince them is an overwhelming wave of demands from American consumers.
Take action today, and we’ll take the long list of Americans calling for action to industry leaders!
Thank you for standing with us,
Heather Shelby
Action Network Manager
