Current Situation
Municipality of Aalborg will facilitate the project from the unit Center for Green Transition together with the local waste disposal unit (WDU). Center for Green Transition (CfGT) comprise of climate planners responsible for the municipal Climate Action Plan and sociologists, anthropologists and communication experts responsible for citizen involvement and implementation of sustainable solutions.
Moreover, they have connected the municipal waste disposal unit with know how of fractions, sorting, recycling and waste logistics, relevant for the pilot use case conducted by the Municipality of Aalborg within MoLo Hubs.
Locations for the parcel lockers
Key Challenge
Parcel lockers can bring a benefit to cities’ last mile logistics, but only when used efficiently. For this, user engagement and behavioural change is required.
Possible Solutions
Municipality of Aalborg together with its partners will pilot smart parcel lockers that can be used for distribution (e.g. parcel delivery) as well as waste management and recycling (etc. packaging material, old batteries) in close proximity of users. Additionally they will also try to validate the thesis of higher utilization when establishing such services closer to users.
Through this, empty runs of commercial traffic shall be reduced and utilization and quality of recycling improved. At the same time, the Municipality of Aalborg pilot adds a crucial social impact value to MoLo Hubs by involving persons with reduced functional abilities as operative staff and by this improving labour opportunities for them – an initiative started together with city of Aalborg in the FleXskrald project.
Project Partners
Latest News
Find out more about the pilot area in our latest Project News.
In just six months, Aalborg's innovative multifunctional boxes have had a major impact on waste management and convenience in the municipality.
At the beginning of October, Cities, partners, and experts from across Europe and beyond came together, to drive forward the Sustainable Transformation of our urban spaces.
Opening of the New Box Concept in Aalborg - big interest and positive feedback from citizens at the introduction of new packing boxes.
The first workshop for the pilot use case in Aalborg took place on January 11th. The purpose of the workshop was to share knowledge on where to place new parcel boxes and together find the specific locations in the city center for the boxes. There are many different considerations when boxes are to be placed in the urban area.