Amazon's latest program to curb emissions? One delivery day per house, per week
Delivery of deliveries will help Amazon cut down on emissions associated with delivery of the same house multiple times a week, and the company says holding orders for a single day during the week will also allow it to group orders within a single package, thereby reducing packaging. Customers can select their preferred day of the week to receive shipments. According to CNN, customers can add items to their Amazon Day shipment up to two days in advance of the shipment.
Customers can also choose to remove an item from "Amazon Day" delivery, having it shipped more expeditiously if necessary. Select Prime members already had access to the program, but it was made available to all members of today as of today.
Maria Renz, Vice President of Delivery Experience at Amazon said in a statement that the Amazon Day pilot program has already The program is part of Amazon's plan to get 50 percent of its shipments to non-zero carbon emissions by 2030. The company has recently suffered a $ 700 million investment round for a company called Rivian, which promises to make an electric pickup truck and of late 2020. In late 201[ads1]7, Amazon tested out hydrogen fuel cell forklifts in its batteries, as well.
Previous studies suggest that Amazon may have good luck Getting Prime members to select Amazon Day. A 2016 paper using data from Amazon Prime showed that customers were likely to buy slower shipping if Amazon offered to buy carbon offsets in lieu of two-day shipping.
