H&F Council launches pollution-free delivery service

A new pollution-free delivery service has been launched by Hammersmith & Fulham Council.

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Cllr Wesley Harcourt (pictured) launching the new pollution-free freight hub delivery service

A new pollution-free delivery service has been launched by Hammersmith & Fulham Council as part of its action to tackle the climate emergency.

The new freight hub enables businesses signed up to the scheme to get the final leg of their deliveries by an emissions-free cargo bike removing hundreds of polluting delivery van journeys from our roads.

Sign-up to the scheme

Businesses going green

Local businesses, including Disney, Medidata, GE and the Lyric Theatre have already signed up.

“We recently announced a climate emergency and our aspiration for the borough to be net carbon zero by 2030,” said Cllr Wesley Harcourt, H&F Cabinet Member for Environment.

“We have a responsibility to leave the environment in a better state than we found it and this means nudging people to use cleaner vehicles, that don’t produce emissions and don’t add to global warming.

“Deliveries account for huge numbers of daily vehicle movements, often from polluting vans and trucks. This service is the first step in changing that for the cleaner and the better and helping reduce traffic congestion.”

How does it work?

H&F Council is partnering with Hammersmith BID and e-cargobikes on the scheme. Goods arrive at the e-cargobikes warehouse in Ladbroke Grove. For all goods arriving before 3pm, deliveries will be made the same day by cargo bike, between 10am and 6pm, Monday to Friday. There is no extra charge.

Sign-up to the scheme or contact Livia Caruso at l.caruso@hammersmithbid.co.uk for more information.

Climate emergency in H&F

In July, H&F Council announced a climate emergency and pledged to cut the borough’s carbon dioxide emissions to zero by 2030.

The new freight hub is just one of the steps the council is taking to help reduce emissions in our borough and to help clean the air.

Other steps include introducing 250 electric car charging points, building two new safer cycling routes through in Hammersmith and continuing to fight plans to expand Heathrow Airport with a third runway.

Find out more about our work to become the greenest borough in Britain.

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