Farmdrop,
which specialises in food from 70 farms and other producers within 150 miles of
London, says the move will save hundreds of tonnes of CO2 as well as other
harmful pollutants such as nitrogen oxide from being pumped into the
atmosphere.
Farmdrop
founder and former Morgan Stanley investment banker Ben Pugh said: “The
mainstream food chain is harmful to our health, our environment, our local
producers, and it needs fixing.
“Farmdrop
is on a mission to make it easy to buy the freshest food direct from the best
local producers and delivered to people’s doors in a convenient and green way.
“Our
larger supermarket rivals all use diesel and petrol engines, but Farmdrop is
the only grocery delivery service using 100 per cent electric. Not only does
this mean cleaner air for Londoners but the savings on fuel allow us to
continue to offer great value.”
Electric
milk floats were once a mainstay of home delivery but have all but disappeared
from London’s streets to be replaced by diesel vans. A conventional diesel
delivery van emits 13.89 tonnes of CO2 and 10.36kg of nitrogen oxides into
London’s atmosphere every year.
The
small lorries that use diesel-powered transport refrigeration units are
particularly harmful, giving out 164 times more particulates — the microscopic
sooty flakes that are a by-product of burning diesel —than a diesel car. There
are estimated to be 84,000 transport refrigeration units in Britain.
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