posted by William R. Stott
Published: May 03, 2009
PLS Logistics Services announces that it has joined the SmartWay Transport Partnership, a collaboration between the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the freight industry, designed to increase energy efficiency while significantly reducing greenhouse gases and air pollution.
PLS will contribute to the Partnership's goal to reduce 33 to 66 million metric tons of carbon dioxide and up to 200,000 tons of nitrogen oxide per year by 2012. This will be accomplished by working with the company's freight carriers to consistently improve their environmental performance. Carbon dioxide is the most common greenhouse gas, and nitrogen oxide is an air pollutant that contributes to smog.
"PLS is committed to helping the SmartWay Transport Partnership achieve this goal. We believe it is our social responsibility to help reduce transportation pollution by initiating conscientious practices with our freight carriers," says Jeff Hoban, PLS Vice President of Operations.
PLS Executive Vice President, Scott Boyer, added, "It is our goal every day to help our customers achieve the most cost- and fuel-effective methods for moving their products. By partnering with SmartWay, PLS will further increase efficiencies through environmentally-responsible procedures for moving freight."
The SmartWay Transport Partnership was launched in February 2004 with the goal of achieving fuel savings of up to 150 million barrels of fuel per year. The Partnership brings together major freight shippers, trucking companies, railroads, logistics companies and trade/professional associations to pursue mutually beneficial efficiencies that result in emissions reductions and other environmental improvements, as well as cost savings to the companies. The SmartWay Partnership currently has more than 900 Partners.
For more information about PLS Logistics, visit www.pghlogistics.com, or call 724-709-9000.
For more information about the SmartWay(SM) Transport Partnership, visit www.epa.gov/smartway.
