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The impact of failed home deliveries on carbon emissions: Are collection/delivery points environmentally-friendly alternatives?

Year: 2009

Type: conference-paper

Abstract: Phenomenal growth in online shopping • £22.9 billion spent online in the UK in first half of 2009 (IMRG) • 69% of shoppers now shop from home (National Statistics ) • >11m Britons shop from home at least twice a week (Shopzilla.co.uk) • 820 million parcels delivered in 2008 (IMRG) UK households with internet access (Source: National Statistics, 2009)Online shopping: Is it environmentally-friendly?Consumers seem to think so… Home shoppers give 'home shopping is good for the environment' an average score of 6 out of 10 Do you think that online shopping is more planet-friendly than shopping on the high street?Yes 56% No 44%Evening Standard,

Source: ePrints Soton (University of Southampton)

Authors: Julia Edwards, Alan Campbell McKinnon, Tom Cherrett, Fraser McLeod, Liying Song

Language: English

Topic: Urban and Freight Transport Logistics

Subfield: Building and Construction

Field: Engineering

Domain: Physical Sciences

SDGs: Responsible consumption and production, Climate action

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W50207453

FWCI: 6.227

Cites: 3

Cited by: 39

Related to: 10