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Medical can be a life or death situation. By land, a medical parcel will take 4 hours to reach this dense mountainous area. Instead, the journey took just 18 minutes by drone. Drones helped reduce the birth mortality rate by 50% in these remote hospitals; the drones also deliver antivenom, tuberculosis vaccines and blood samples.

Drones Are Whizzing Lifesaving Supplies Across the 'Last Mile' In hard-to-reach areas, the fast-moving tech is streamlining emergency deliveries, from blood for transfusions to snakebite antivenom.

IKEA rethinks by leveraging river boats along the Seine in Paris. IKEA estimates it saves 5 times the CO2 that road delivery causes by avoiding around 300.000 km. on Parisian roads annually. E-vehicles are used after the parcels are offloaded from the boats. The French government supports the project financially and logistically as part of a wider program to further utilize navigable waterways in France. https://www.ingka.com/newsroom/ikea-launches-deliveries-in-paris-via-the-seine/

The industry is growing rapidly in Europe & N. America. The circular economy boom requires last mile delivery. According to eBay, 86% of shoppers surveyed bought or sold a pre-loved item in the last year. Pre-loved and refurbished items make up 40% of eBay’s gross merchandise volume. and are huge growing markets for around the world. https://www.retaildive.com/news/nearly-90-of-consumers-bought-or-sold-used-items-in-the-last-year-ebay/716791/

Couriers who deliver alcohol must complete compliance training & use technology to scan ID cards. A revamped exists to expedite uncompleted orders and all alcohol deliveries are blocked from school campus locations & other high-risk locations.

DoorDash ups measures to stop underage alcohol orders The company’s new safety measures in Massachusetts — a state with a high concentration of college students — include blocking deliveries to campuses and requiring couriers to complete compliance training.