\u00a0<\/span>the Planning Report trade publication recently.<\/p>\n\u201cVehicles are obviously one of our major sources of greenhouse gas emissions,\u201d Day said. \u201cWhatever vehicle we choose must be financially justified, and at the same time, must reduce our impact on the environment.\u201d<\/p>\n
USPS is planning to replace approximately 180,000 delivery vehicles with newer models that will be more durable and affordable and better meet changing delivery needs.<\/p>\n
Making fuel efficiency a priority reflects the Postal Service\u2019s commitment to sustainability, Day said. In the article, industry experts credit the organization\u2019s work to voluntarily report on its sustainability progress.<\/p>\n
Day also noted employee efforts to advance sustainability, as well as the competitive advantages of incorporating green business practices.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have goals to reduce energy, to reduce water consumption and to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions. It\u2019s something that, throughout the Postal Service, we fully embrace.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Fuel intentions New delivery vehicles will be more efficient, CSO says USPS –\u00a03\/3\/15 USPS plans to replace approximately 180,000 delivery vehicles with models that offer more fuel-efficient features. The Postal Service\u2019s\u00a0next generation delivery vehicles\u00a0will offer more sustainable and fuel-efficient features, Chief Sustainability Officer Tom Day\u00a0told\u00a0the Planning Report trade publication recently. \u201cVehicles are obviously one of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10235,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10234","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-usps-news","last_archivepost"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10234","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10234"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10234\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10237,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10234\/revisions\/10237"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10235"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10234"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10234"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10234"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}