InPost has announced a new partnership with Salford City Council, as it continues its expansion across the Greater Manchester region.
The partnership will see a rollout of 40 new lockers in publicly accessible locations across Salford, with the aim of installing 65 lockers in the local area by September 2021. The new network of smart lockers will provide the local community with a quick, easy, and more environmentally friendly way to collect and return online shopping and to send parcels, and will be situated in community hotspots within Salford City Council’s property portfolio – with locations including libraries, leisure centres, car parks and community centres.
The lockers will also support Salford City Council’s sustainability target of reaching carbon neutrality by 2038, by helping to reduce carbon emissions locally. Once the new InPost Locker network is fully operational, it will significantly reduce last-mile deliveries and have the potential to save 910 tonnes in carbon emissions annually. The lockers will be installed at zero cost to the Council, therefore providing a cost-effective way to help with hitting its green goals.
Jason Tavaria, CEO at InPost UK, said: “Our partnership with Salford City Council marks another important milestone in our roll-out of lockers across the country, and we are very proud to be working with a leading north west local authority. The lockers will help to support the Council’s sustainability targets by reducing last-mile deliveries in and around Salford, as well as make parcel delivery and returns more convenient and accessible for all of the borough’s population.”
The installation of the InPost Lockers will be timed with final lockdown measures lifting and help reinstate these locations as local community hubs in Salford.
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