The last mile-delivery sector sees a heavy spike in demand during the pandemic , and it comes with the cost of greater emissions from the busy fleets
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The last mile-delivery sector sees a heavy spike in demand during the pandemic , and it comes with the cost of greater emissions from the busy fleets
WRITTEN BY : BLAISE HOPE
Last Mile is defining our world — a world in which the same devices that are used to direct global delivery networks are also used to consume on-demand media and e-commerce home deliveries .
Globally , e-commerce sales grew threefold from US $ 572bn in 2010 to some US $ 3.5tn at the end of 2019 . During the pandemic , this growth accelerated — the United States , for example , saw a decade ' s worth of growth in just three months . Due to this , logistics providers are struggling with increasing volumes of goods , and their last-mile delivery systems are under the spotlight .
As delivery steadily rises , so do emissions . Companies worldwide are trying to find solutions , particularly those involved in the last-mile delivery business .
Take logistics company DHL , for example , which operates in almost every single country in the world . Due to its broad existence , it delivers to more places and countries than any other logistics company globally .
" We do that with pickup and delivery vans , motorcycles , and bicycles . We have several hundred walking couriers in places like Hong Kong and Shanghai , as well as dense urban environments . We relentlessly focus on quality and on-time delivery for our customers . We have a target to deliver basically between any two points on the
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