Manufacture location |
Distance to Birmingham ( km ) |
Road ( KgCO2e ) |
Sea ( KgCO2e ) |
Wellto-Tank ( KgCO2e ) |
Total distribution emissions ( KgCO2e ) |
Rome 1,995 1,276 309.6 1,585.6
Istanbul 3,223 2,067.9 501.8 2,569.7
Shanghai 19,374 240.8 1,044.2 295.2 1,580.2
Madrid 1,910 1,221.7 296.5 1,518.2
Munich 1,305 834.7 202.5 1,037.2
carbon emissions as an average SME . However , with the exclusive mould allowing manufacturing of Palletower plastic boxes in the UK , they will be saving up to 2,569.7 KgCO2e per 104 boxes produced , as distribution emissions will be eliminated .
Road freight produces 10 times more emissions than sea freight
While businesses may opt to source products from Europe rather than Asia in an effort to become more environmentally conscious , the research has revealed that transporting primarily by road , over a much shorter distance can produce significantly more emissions than transporting by sea from further afield .
In fact , road freight produces nearly 10 times ( 9.7 ) the amount of emissions as sea freight . For example , a lorry travelling 1995km from Rome to Birmingham produces 1,586KgCO2e compared to Shanghai which produces
1580KgCO2e over 19,374km distance .
Of the five cities that research was conducted on , only Munich which is located 1,305km from Birmingham produces close to one tonne ( 1.04 ) of carbon emissions when transporting 104 plastic boxes between the two cities .
The multi-purpose use of Palletower ’ s plastic boxes make them widely used in an array of industries to distribute products locally and globally . While Palletower ’ s customers might focus on their individual sustainability goals , the climate impact and change that Palletower has made by moving their production to the UK benefits the industry as a whole .
Therefore , by shifting manufacturing to the UK , businesses could reduce distribution emissions by 1000-2,600KgCO2e per shipment .
Matthew Palmer , Managing Director at Palletower says , “ By shifting the manufacturing of our plastic box pallets from overseas to the UK , we will not only gain more control over the production process but will drastically reduce the carbon emissions we emit as a business annually .
In an industry which is typically known as having its environmental challenges , we are keen to lead the way and spread awareness to our customers about the importance of investing in sustainable practices from the ground up , starting with the equipment they use to transport their goods . By purchasing plastic boxes from Palletower , your company will be significantly reducing its carbon footprint and helping improve the environment as whole .”
For more information on Palletower ’ s production move to the UK , visit https :// palletower . com / blog / cutting-distributionwith-uk-plastic-manufacturing /
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