Instead of replacing, the Danish transport & logistics company will refurbish 1,100 of its trailers this year, sparing the environment some 18kt CO2 emissions.

Typically, the company uses a trailer for approximately five years before it returns it to the leasing company or manufacturer. Refurbishing a trailer after this period, DSV expects to add another full lifecycle of five years.

According to the equipment service provider TIP Group, with whom DSV will carry out the refurbishment programme, producing a new curtainsider releases 18.6t of CO2 while refurbishing one – 2.7t (including materials, energy, and heating).

DSV has committed to refurbishing all of its European network-owned trailers at least once before the company returns them to the manufacturer.

"DSV has high ambitions for operating more sustainably. Realising those ambitions often involves high-level innovation and new technologies. But sometimes, we can achieve great value with solutions that are more straightforward. Refurbishing rather than replacing our trailers will enable us to save carbon while delivering services of a continued high quality to our customers," Søren Schmidt, CEO of DSV Road, said.

He also underlined, "Refurbishing our trailers is a great example of how circular economy initiatives can bring us closer to realising our sustainability ambitions. With limited resources available globally, we must think smarter and more responsibly when it comes to the consumption of those resources."

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