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World Service,2 mins

The climate cost of next-day deliveries

Newshour

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Many of us have found ourselves shopping online or on our smartphones and when the option of same-day or next-day delivery crops up we click on it to get the product we want faster. But this practice is also making a huge impact on the climate. Xu Zhang, a researcher in the sustainability of urban and city logistics at the Technological University in Dublin, Ireland told Newshour's Razia Iqbal how our habits have changed and how the emission from it are impacting our environment. [Photo shows a delivery woman holds a cardboard box next to a stack of other boxes out for delivery. Credit: Getty Images]

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