LIMERICK City has become the first city in Ireland to go fully green for parcel deliveries from one courier company.
DPD Ireland have replaced all their diesel vans in Limerick City with electric ones, making Limerick the first city in the country to have a fully electric DPD fleet.
This means that all parcels delivered within the city will be delivered by electric vans.
The move is part of a wider initiative by DPD Ireland to reduce CO2 emissions per parcel by 30 per cent by 2023 by making the switch to electric vehicles.
The company is also aiming to decarbonise its Irish fleet by 2030.
DPD’s Limerick City depot has a fleet of 11 electric vehicles, delivering 500,000 parcels each year. This latest move to electric vehicles will generate a saving of 120 tonnes of CO2 emissions.
Wayne Johnson, Limerick City depot owner at DPD Ireland, said: “I’m delighted to be serving the city of Limerick with electric vehicles, and proud for Limerick to be the first city within the DPD Ireland network to be 100 per cent fully electric.”
“The staff are proud to be ambassadors on our journey to be Ireland’s most sustainable parcel delivery company,” he said.
Stephen Tummon, Sustainability Programme Manager at DPD Ireland, said: “I’d like to thank Wayne and the team for their commitment and foresight in leading the way with our continued rollout of EVs. The reduction in emissions for Limerick supports our commitment to achieve net-zero emissions by 2040.”
The move to electric vehicles comes after DPD started using Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil (HVO) as a replacement for diesel in their heavy goods trucks, also known as their line-haul vehicles.
The line-haul routes carry parcels between DPD Ireland’s central sorting hub in Athlone and its 35 depots on the island of Ireland.
Powering all domestic line-haul routes with this sustainable biofuel, DPD expects to reduce its emissions by over 4,350 tons of CO2 per year versus a conventional diesel operation.
