MAILCOMS goes further for the environment than the rest for less!!

Mailcoms have led the way in its green credentials in many ways, not only do we offer environmentally friendly rechargeable ink cassettes for our franking machines we have also now converted all our petrol vehicles to LPG.

This investment was an easy decision to make, LPG is much more environmentally friendly than petrol or diesel and it costs far less too. The savings we make on not spending so much on fuel to visit you we can pass on to you to help keep our prices the most competitive in the industry.

LPG and the Environment

Pan European recently carried out tests on a range of 26 vehicles running on either LPG, petrol or diesel. These tests show that on a well to wheel basis on the climate change gas of CO2, the vehicles running on LPG were on average 20% better than petrol and nearly 2% better than diesel.

Of greater significance to our nations health are the air quality pollutants of NOx. In respect of NOx, vehicles running on LPG were 120% to 180% better than petrol and 2000% better than diesel.

This means that one diesel vehicle emits the same NOx as over 20 LPG vehicles. On average particle emissions from diesel vehicles are 99% higher than LPG.

The Energy Saving Trust reports that 'Road transport is responsible for almost 50% of certain smog forming pollutants' We still suffer from smog, the Government had to issue a warning for central London during 2005 as pollution reached critical levels.

Of key concern are the tiny particles that can easily penetrate into the smallest part of the lungs and have been linked to cancer and up to 24,000 people die prematurely every year as a result of poor air quality. Air pollution also acts as an irritant to the skin, eyes and throat.

They go on to say 'there are over 120 pollution hotspots in the UK which means that national air quality targets will not be met'.

To keep up to date with environmental changes and Government plans please visit www.lpga.co.uk.