Crucial Info on Environmentally Safer Shipping and why it will help Save Earth



Posted: Monday, February 08, 2010

by
CitizenShipper

If you are thoughtful about the longevity of the environment you live in, and if you're fearful that the planet you will leave for future generations may be unliveable and if you're motivated toward doing your own bit to help preserving it one of the ways might be to utilize "environmentally friendly shipping" for all of your shipping requirements.

It is one of the salient calls of the green movement, that one of the most huge polluters and users of non-renewable materials on the globe are the shipping companies and their clients who must all work towards annihilating transportation wastefulness. They encourage us to change to sustainable shipping methodologies. Finding "green" options in hauling is thus now a massive concern for all companies interested in reducing their carbon footprint on the face of our home.

Environmentally friendly transportation can circumscribe two distinct facets of a freight operation. One is the packaging of the goods, items,consignment, the other is transportation of that consignment. While the packaging industry has been constantly under pressure largely from environmental groups to research environmentally friendly packaging materials and processes, the freight businessess have had their own ideas. They have also been put under the microscope for optimizing their use of space, time and gas per transportation trip.

The most important component of green shipping practices is the green packaging of the shipped materials. The best part of utilizing eco-friendly technology in both wrapping and packing is that it assists us to waste less of the non renewable resources, and perhaps more crucial, actually assists us to reuse the material already generated, keeping disposal routes clear.

A rapid check on the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) homepage demonstrates that, in 2007, containers for food products and other plastic packaging made up more than 39% of municipal waste of which nearly 1/3 was recycled. The top offenders among non-biodegradable packaging materials can be listed as:

1. Bubble wraps these are preferentially selected materials for packing fragile items. However, alternatives to the culprit have already been created for example bubble wrap made from recycled polyethylene. The green alternative to this is scrunched up cardboard.

2. Packing tape is composed from polyethylene and is critical for wrapping any consignment for transport. These days, however, tapes made from natural rubber are available as an eco-friendly option.

3. Packing filters like Styrofoam based stuffing wadding plain air-popped popcorn is another green alternative

Small and Large businesses across all degrees of business are currently focused on trimming their carbon footprints. The transport industry is definitely no exception to this rule. They too are figuring out ways of doing their bit for the longevity of our planet by slashing transportation inefficiencies. They are improving their way of doing things, and also funding research into green technologies to build a better future.

Denmark, one of the leading maritime countries in the world, is already seeing its top freight companies going green with environmentally sound freight practices. Sustainable hauling seems to be the only way forward. Newer, more renewable energy sources should be found and utilized while better optimization of load distribution and logistical operation will warrant that more economic, environmentally friendly, and sustainable shipping options are available to the consumer.

Peer to Peer dispatch is another approach that provides solution for logistical issues by creating a win-win situation for customers, drivers and dispatch companies. The drivers get to earn some easy bucks for delivering goods while going their own way and the companies can refrain from hiring expensive freight space with the discounts being passed on to the customers. Peer to peer shipping is an excellent way of supporting environmentally friendly shipping by reducing the requirement for pricey carbon footprint fuels. It also usually provides superior delivery times. However it is necessary to ensure that the Peer to Peer transportation company has complete information of the drivers and can show their photos and phone numbers if needed, as a security precaution

While the world focuses on immediate issues, like the Haitian who survived for 4 weeks in the crumbling wreckage of Port-au-Prince we seem to forget the long term issues. Environmentally sound transportation businesses are thus increasing the stakes to do what they can to construct a sustainable existence on Earth.

Richard Cochrane enjoys writing about helping the environment with cheap shipping and is particularly interested in eco friendly containers and believes that sustainability is the key to our collective future.
Richard Cochrane is an expert in budget shipping and the P2P shipping industry. He writes for a multitude of online directories and enjoys contributing to the field. Richard is particularly interested in the current phenomenon o http://www.citizenshipper.com/and is actively researching ways to utilize CitizenShipper to help people save money on Cheap Bicycle Shipping.

Richard is an avid scuba diver and also a hang glider and has seem much of Europe, Central and North America, as well as the Far East. He enjoys taking on new challenges and loves to meet new people and travel to new places. He recently returned from a trip to the Yucatan Peninsula.
This Article has been viewed 130 times. (Not updated in real-time.)
No comments yet.
We want your comments! If you can read this, you don't have javascript enabled, so you can't use this comment system. Please enable javascript.