Australia post has celebrated the achievement of its 2020 environmental targets by setting more ambitious targets designed to achieve further emissions and operational waste reductions as well as considerably increase its recycling rate.
Australia Post has announced it achieved its 2020 targets of reducing carbon emissions by 25 per cent and diverting 100,000 tonnes of material from landfill.
Executive General Manager Community & Consumer at Australia Post, Nicole Sheffield the postal carrier had an important role to play in helping to build a sustainable future.
“Since 2000 we have reduced our carbon emissions by 25 per cent – the equivalent to moving 41,665 cars off the road – and since 2016 we’ve diverted 100,000 tonnes of material from landfill,” Ms Sheffield said.
“This is extremely significant given the number of addresses we deliver to increases every year and parcel volumes continue to grow,” she said.
“In April this year alone our parcel volumes were 64 per cent higher than the same time in 2019.”
Ms Sheffield said Australia Post’s new environmental targets would see a 15 per cent reduction in emissions by 2025, equalling a total reduction of 127,315 tonnes, in addition to a 70 per cent increase in recycling and a 20 per cent decrease in operational waste.
