| There seems to be a definite trend in the logistics | | | | reduce the paperwork too. |
| sector to "go green" and if you read the trade | | | | RIFD Initiatives: |
| journals you will see a lot of information and | | | | Radio Identification Tags are great, but are these |
| discussion on green initiatives in trucking, shipping, | | | | tags being recycled and reused? They should be, |
| ports, airline freight, and warehousing. So, let's talk a | | | | after all if in the future every item shipped has one, |
| little bit about green warehouses. First, you must | | | | then eventually our landfills would fill up with them, |
| understand there is a very big difference between | | | | not good. |
| "going green," and what I call a lot of "green talk," | | | | Solar power: |
| where companies promote themselves and | | | | Warehouses are perfectly suited for solar power due |
| environmentally friendly bur really aren't. | | | | to the large amount of roof space. Now that solar |
| What is a green warehouse? What sorts of things | | | | panels are more efficient and less costly, this is a |
| will you find in one of these so-called green | | | | must for any green warehouse plan. |
| warehouses? Well, here are a few of the things you | | | | Hydrogen cell Fork Lifts: |
| might discover: | | | | If we are truly worried about CO2 emissions and the |
| Materials and pallets: | | | | air quality for the workers in warehouses why not |
| New materials other than wood for pallets seem to | | | | move to hydrogen cell forklifts. Many warehouses |
| last longer, are stronger and more easily recycled. | | | | have converted to electric units, but hydrogen cell |
| Paperless Tracking: | | | | seems really leading edge. |
| The logistics sector uses a ton of paper, but as their | | | | Lighting: |
| IT systems become better, things are now being | | | | The use of LED ultra-low wattage light bulbs, some |
| tracked electronically, without much paper involved. | | | | as low as 3 watts or less. |
| Any logistics company that claims to be green must | | | | |